The first day of the Flyers' rookie camp was held Monday at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, but the bigger news was the way veteran winger R.J. Umberger skated on the other sheet of ice.
Umberger, coming off the worst season of his career, skated effortlessly and had no ill effects from hip and abdominal surgery.
"I feel like a different person," said Umberger, one of many veterans on the ice in advance of Friday's "official" camp opening for vets. "It's refreshing. It was a great off-season for me to get healthy. It's been a long time since I felt like this.