*Training camp, rolling on. Restart plans, chugging along. Looks like the mobilization has begun in earnest now.
NHL is sending three groups of events staff to Edmonton and Toronto starting today. Hotel rooms, team rooms, workout facilities, testing for 900 at each site. Feeding 900 at each site. The list of facility needs is extensive. Enormous undertaking kicking into high gear.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 14, 2020
*We’ll keep recapping camp days as the information comes out. Day one seemed like a rousing success. [BSH]
*Yesterday evening we learned that we’re going to get a little friendly exhibition game against the Penguins in only THIRTEEN DAYS! What better way to get back into the swing of hockey fandom, huh? [BSH]
*The Flyers themselves seem like a confident and energized bunch, not even concerning themselves with the round robin and looking well ahead to the real playoff games. [Inquirer]
*Speaking of confidence, Alain has it in spades when it comes to the goaltending situation. [Inquirer]
*Speaking of the ‘yoffs… what if we end up with the Rangers? What will that look like, hmm? [BSH]
*Heading back to camp wasn’t just weird for the players, it was weird for the folks that work to cover the team as well. [NBC Sports Philly]
*Masks are being worn all over the ice at these camps, driving home what appears to be a real commitment to safety on the part of the league and the teams. [ProHockeyTalk]
*No way to confirm it, obviously, but one could speculate that we have our first couple of instances of players being infected and the league being hush-hush about it. [Five For Howling]
*And finally, the players voted for the most valuable player in their eyes and didn’t include Sean Couturier?! Fools! [TSN]
