According to the team’s website, the Philadelphia Flyers have signed goaltender Felix Sandstrom to an entry-level contract. The 21-year-old Swedish netminder recently played for the SHL’s HV71 in the postseason and is expected to play for the club next season as well.
Sandstrom was the third goalie taken in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, as he was selected 70th overall by the Orange and Black after Ilya Samsonov went 22nd overall to the Washington Capitals and MacKenzie Blackwood went 42nd overall to the New Jersey Devils. Although there were several high-end goalies taken in 2015, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman had this to say about Sandstrom, who he regarded as the best option of the group at the time:
Sandstrom missed chunks of the season due to various ailments, after he came into the season as a top prospect.