While we are so focused on the Philadelphia Flyers’ preseason and the remaining roster battles taking place for the next few days or so, prospects around the globe are starting their seasons. One in particular, is having a monster start to what should be a very important season for his development.
Max Westergard has peaked a lot of attention ever since being selected in the fifth round of the 2025 NHL Draft by the Flyers. The 6-foot Finnish winger has seen his stock steadily rise with every passing month by just getting better and better and finding himself with more and more opportunity to produce and be an offensive weapon.
His latest opportunity is simply being a winger, who just turned 19 years old earlier this month by the way, who can carve out a role on one of the most historic hockey clubs in one of the best leagues on the planet. Playing for Frolunda of the SHL is no easy task and Westergard has started his season impossibly well.
After going without a point in the season opener last week, Westergard answered that stuttering start with an assist in the second game and then a performance that has us really wondering what his actual potential could be. On Thursday, Westergard scored two goals and three points in a 7-3 win over Lulea; and he did it all while not even playing over 12 minutes.
The goals are a perfect example of what he does so well. Viciously attacking the puck and doing everything in his power to win back possession, while also being someone who drives to the net and knows his lanes well.
The first goal was just purely knowing where to be and when to go, as Westergard crashed the net during a 3-on-2 rush where the only real touch of the puck was the touch to put it in the back of the net for his first goal of the season. The second is what it&
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