The Flyers have been busy locking up depth pieces this last week. After keeping Nick Seeler in house and adding in Adam Ginning, the Flyers have signed Swedish winger Linus Sandin to a one year, two-way contract for $750,000.
Sandin was originally signed as a free agent in April of 2020. He would split the following season between his SHL club, HV71, and the Phantoms.
Sandin played in just one game this season for the Orange and Black, playing for a total of seven minutes. He spent the bulk of this past year at Lehigh Valley, tallying up eight goals and 12 assists. The beginning of his season featured a long setback after Sandin suffered a fractured orbital bone in just the second game of the AHL season. It would be two months before he returned.
He would later suffer an unrelated injury that cost him a few weeks in mid-February to early March. He did finish seventh on the Phantoms in points despite his injuries.
At 26 years old, he’s a seasoned veteran of the Swedish Elite League and has appeared in 62 AHL games over the last two seasons. He’s not a major scoring threat. However, he could be valuable as a depth piece; particularly if the Flyers have another injury filled season as they had this season. While in Sweden, he scored 35 goals over two seasons from 2018-19 to 2019-20.
As a fourth line option Sandin comes cheap and could be a decent fit for the club. He can forecheck well and battle in the corners when needed. He’s not going to light up the scoreboard, but he can contribute as one of the valuable bench pieces that teams so often need. The biggest thing for him will involve being healthy. He lost a large chunk of this past season due to injury and only ended up in one NHL game because of it.