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This week, teams combined for more than a dozen goals in three different games, while one team still hasn’t found the back of the net. Meanwhile, a new Swedish hope is off to a roaring start in British Columbia, while an old legend got some bad news about his knee down in California.
As teams ready-up their rosters for the regular season, let’s take a final look around the league before the games start to count.
The first preseason game of the NHL season happened at 2:30 a.m. ET. The game was held in Shenzhen, China, the first of two games between the Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames in the preseason taking place in China. That and more in Around the NHL.
Erik Karlsson is finally traded, Tyler Seguin signs mega-deal and Steve Yzerman steps down as Lightning GM. More about these stories in Around the NHL.
The guys are back to preview training camp and the preseason. They take a look back at the Rookie Game on Wednesday, discuss prospects, goaltending and some big stories around the NHL this week.
Once a Flyers prospect that flew under the radar, 2016 sixth-round pick Tanner Laczynski has turned heads and should be on the radar now.
On Monday, the Flyers open rookie camp and Phil Myers is among the participants. But for him, rookie camp and the subsequent training camp to follow will take on a new meaning with a possible roster spot on the line.
Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald suffered a lower-body injury during an offseason workout and will be out for six weeks, according to GM Ron Hextall.
The guys are back to look back on the offseason, the impact on the James van Riemsdyk signing, prospects they are watching in training camp and expectations for the upcoming season.
In total, the Flyers will have 62 of their 82 games televised on NBCSP and eight more broadcast on NBCSP+.
