The Flyers score on another piece of their future on Wednesday, signing center Jack Berglund to a three-year entry-level contract that begins in 2026-27. The 19-year-old will finish the 2025-26 season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League.
Berglund, selected in the second round, 51st overall, of the 2024 NHL Draft, arrives after a season that pushed his stock higher. He captained Sweden to its first gold medal at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship since 2012, tied for the team lead with 10 points in seven games, and finished the tournament with 3 goals, 7 assists and a plus-9 rating.
That tournament run capped a year in which Berglund completed his first full season in the Swedish Hockey League with Färjestad BK. He had 7 goals and 5 assists for 12 points in 40 games, then added 3 assists in seven playoff games. Over parts of three SHL seasons, he has 9 goals and 16 points in 65 career games.
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The Flyers have tracked Berglund closely for a while. He took part in development camp in each of the past two years and also represented Sweden at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship. His path has been steady, moving through the Färjestad BK system from the U16 level to the SHL, where he made his debut in 2023-24.
The timing matters because Philadelphia continues to turn its 2024 draft class into signed NHL assets. The club said Berglund is the fourth player from that group to agree to an entry-level deal and the sixth prospect to sign with the Flyers in the last month, an unusually busy stretch for a team still shaping its next wave.
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Berglund, a native of Karlstad, Sweden, is listed at 6-foot-4 and 217 pounds. For the Flyers, the bet is clear: a big center who has already won at every step he has taken, and who now gets a longer look in North America before his contract even begins.
