Flyers and Sixers Preparing for NHL and NBA Drafts while Phillies have series with Mets

The Flyers and Sixers are preparing for their respective drafts next week. This year will be a little different for the Flyers after making it to the second round of the NHL Playoffs last year.  The Flyers will have the 21st pick in the first round and five picks overall in this year's NHL draft.

The Flyers have already started making moves as the draft approaches. Flyers General Manager Danny Briere sent Flyers defenseman Emil Andrae and goalie Sam Ersson along with a 2026 3rd round draft pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for 6’4” defenseman Simon Benoit and Goalie Joseph Woll. The Flyers are hungry after a taste of last year's postseason. 

A couple weeks ago, the Sixers hired their new president of basketball operations, Mike Gansey, after the front office shake up. With NBA players getting bigger and more athletic, the Sixers, who have the 22nd overall pick, should go after North Carolina Big Man Henri Veesaar.  Joel Embiid is closer to the end of his career than the beginning, and the Sixers will need a big man to rival the Spurs Star Center Victor Wembanyama.

The Phillies are 40-35 and are hosting the New York Mets this weekend at Citizens Bank Park.  After dropping game one of their three-game series, which resumes after an off day Friday, the Phillies look to even it up Saturday night on national TV with Cristopher Sanchez on the mound.  We will cover it all this weekend in The Locker Room with Billy Schweim. 

On Saturday’s show, Producer Nick Earnshaw, who returned from the Knicks championship parade in New York City, and my intern Erin Ewing will join me in the studio.  We will talk with a local kid from Ocean City who plays goalie for the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL, T.J. Semptimphelter.  The Admirals are the AHL affiliate of the Nashville Predators.  In Hour Two is the Beach Patrol report with Jack Brooks brought to you by McCann Realtors of Sea Isle City and the Ocean City Beach Patrol Lifeguard Alumni Association.  This week, the Chief of the Ocean City Beach Patrol Eric Becker will stop by the studio and talk about water safety and their new Ocean City BP coloring book. Plus Flyers, and Sixers talk.

On Sunday’s show, Producer Alex Berardis and my intern Erin Ewing join me in the studio.  We will talk Phillies baseball and go “On the Mound” with former Phillies pitcher Tommy Greene brought to you by Blitz’s Market of Ocean City.  In Hour Two, Mr, Negadelphia P.J. Corda checks in, brought to you by the Vassar Pool Service. We will talk more Flyers, Sixers, and Eagles talk on Sunday too!

It’s The Locker Room with Billy Schweim, every Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to Noon on 97.3 FM ESPN Radio South Jersey.