Flyers select Matthew Gard with 57th overall pick

The picks just keep on rolling in here — a more enviable pace, for those who made it all the way through last night’s first round — and the Flyers closed out their first half of picks made with the 57th selection, where they grabbed sizable (at 6’5 and 194 pounds) center Matthew Gard.

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With our fourth selection in the second round of the 2025 #NHLDraft, we are proud to select Matthew Gard with the 57th overall pick. pic.twitter.com/M1czUNRn0q

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) June 28, 2025Having just wrapped up his second season with Red Deer of the WHL, Gard took a nice little step forward in his draft year — continuing to build his game, growing…