Matthew Strome has the pedigree, the size and the hockey smarts, and some thought he would be a first-round selection — like his two older brothers in earlier NHL drafts.
But the 6-foot-3, 201-pound left winger wasn’t selected by the Flyers until the fourth round in 2017 because of skating deficiencies, and he is out to prove that other teams made a mistake by allowing him to fall to the 106th overall pick.
Thanks in part to work with a figure skating coach, Strome made nice strides last season and finished with 37 goals and 68 points in 65 games with Hamilton in the Ontario Hockey League.