The Flyers signed David Kase to an entry-level deal Friday, and the right winger is expected to play for the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms next season.
Selected in the fifth round of the 2015 draft, the feisty 5-foot-11, 164-pounder had nine goals and 23 points in 44 regular-season games in the Swedish Hockey League. He also had a goal and two assists over five playoff games.
Kase, 21, has competed in three World Junior Championships for the Czech Republic.
“He plays and competes,” Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said earlier in Kase’s career. “He’s just a dog out there, (meaning) he hounds the puck.