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Getting to know Jack Berglund: The Flyers' 2024 second round pick talks his background, his recent injury, and his new skate sizes

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January 16, 2025
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There is a strong argument to be made that the most important position in terms of building a high-end NHL team is center.
Yet coming into summer 2024, despite the Philadelphia Flyers having several promising young talents -- as well as a potential superstar in Matvei Michkov -- what was unarguably the weakest position in the Flyers pipeline?
Center.
Flyers GM Danny Brière attempted to rectify that situation last June in Las Vegas. Three of their top four picks they used were on players who primarily played pivot. Much has been written about the first -- Jett Luchanko, who made the Flyers out of camp, wowed with his physical toolkit, and is almost certainly a big part of the Broad Street ...

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