DALLAS, TX - JUNE 23: Adam Ginning poses after being selected 50th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers during the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 23, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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The Flyers announced yesterday, sort of a shocker to some, the re-signing of Flyers prospect from Sweden Adam Ginning to a new two-year contract. He became the fourth member of the Flyers 2018 draft class to ink an ELC with the orange and black: Wyatte Wylie, Joel Farabee, and Samuel Ersson are the others.
Ginning re-signed to a two-year, two-way/one way, contract extension worth an average annual value of $787,500. Good to see him stay in North America for the next two seasons, as there was a report he might head back to Sweden.
He has widely been known as a defensive defenseman, with little offensive production. He’s very inconsistent offensively, and that is due to the lack of mobility on his behalf. Ginning is not the best skater, and maybe that has hindered his development as a player at the NHL level. With Samuel Morin no longer in the plans for the Flyers at least as a player, the Flyers are trying to replicate his physical play on the defensive side of the puck. Ginning does not shy away from physicality, rather he embraces it.
The young 22-year-old won the SHL Championship with Färjestad BK this past season, and he tallied five points (3g, 2a) in 19 playoff games. For his efforts, he only registered one goal and four assists for in 51 regular season games.
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