I watched York at last year’s Flyer’s development camp, then all of Team USA’s U-20 World Junior Champiomship games last winter, plus 3/4 of his games playing in Big 10 for Michigan. York is small and his height and weight appear less than listed in his profile.

Here are his positive skills:
Sees ice extremely well
Skates well, Great passer, anticipates play before it happens, finds open man with nearly every pass, outstanding on running point on PP, gets back on D quickly, good shot from point.

Here are his negatives:
Does not defend well in own end, poor at retrieving puck under pressure, bad along defensive boards versus bigger players, poor defending in crease against bigger players(which is pretty much every opposing forward), cannot defend on PK due to lack of size, uses a really small stick which makes him ineffective blocking cross ice passes and pushing opponent’s farther out in O zone.

Cam York looked really small at the Flyer’s development camp last year, especially next to other prospects. He did not get a lot of ice time for Team USA in the last U-20 World Junior Tournament playing the role of 7th defenseman, but was on the top PP unit which was pretty much all of his ice time(half of every PP)

This year at Michigan, he looked good offensively, but mediocre in his own end. He has trouble playing against physical forwards and if he can’t handle college physicality, he will definitely be eaten alive in the NHL. Hopefully York has a lot of growing to do, both in height and weight, but his upper body is really small.

I really like Wyatt Kalynuk, not Cam York, as a future Flyer defenseman. Kalynuk is two years older than York, but he is far and away better than York. Even a better pro style puck mover and he shows a lot of creativity on the ice, maybe a lot more than York, plus Kalynuk is outstanding defensively, especially retrieving and moving puck back up the ice.

To those of you who are enamored with York, I suggest you look at him the next time fans can attend and watch the Flyer’s prospects on the ice, at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. I loved Shayne Gostisbehere and still do, but York is smaller and as we know, the NHL is not kind to small defensemen. Small defensemen, who must avoid hits, turn the puck over.-Gregg Lorenz, Morrisville PA

PS, Robert Hagg is an asset. He is the Flyer’s most physical defenseman and his improvement and confidence continue to progress. He is becoming a shutdown defenseman vs top NHL players and lines

Yes. That makes more sense.

Gregg, your assessment of York is off by a good bit. This guy is the real deal. He has the talent to be ghost and to shut down top lines. There was a reason that the Flyers passed on Cole C. In the draft to get York. He is legit.

That would be a huge mistake. Outside of Frost, York is the Flyers best prospect. The kid has NHL in his future. May even be a top pairing and power play quarterback type player. You don’t give that up for a bottom six winger. Bill Meltzer has York as the top Flyer prospect right now.

And yeah, he was the youngest defender on that world team. He will be running the U20 power play and on the top pair next year.