*It was the first day of rookie camp yesterday! Hockey season is here, babies! Instead of getting to focus on who is there, though, we had to focus on Alexei Kolosov, who was very definitely not there.
*Full camp schedule and roster can be found over at the Flyers’ website. Big takeaway? Matvei Michkov got thicc. [Flyers]
*Speaking of MM, surely it was very shocking to see that he came in at #1 in this year’s 25 Under 25. [BSH]
*The folks over at The Athletic have called out who they consider to be each team’s most interesting prospects heading into the season. Hmm wonder who they’ll pick for the Flyers… [The Athletic]
*Speaking of prospects, if you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website you can check out a look at how well prospect rankings actually predict future NHL performance. [PHLY]
*Noted Canadian Sports Outlet Sportsnet has ranked their top 23 prospects under 23 and — spoiler alert — they have Ivan Demidov over Matvei Michkov. Hmm, wonder why… [Sportsnet]
*The NHL’s got a whole season preview packed with the stuff they think you’ll want to pay attention to this year. [NHL.com]
*And finally, it’s always fun to find Flyers fans in random places all over the earth. So meet Adrian, a die-hard Flyers fan all the way down in Australia! [BSH]