While the 2016 training camp will hopefully be long remembered by fans of the Philadelphia Flyers as the moment when future stars Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny proved they were ready for the NHL, the camp will likely not be a fond memory for general manager Ron Hextall. He surely knew that this year’s camp would bring a number of tough roster decisions for his front office. But he likely didn’t imagine that it would cause his team to be this injury-ravaged before the regular season even began.
It started with veteran Nick Schultz suffering a minor lower-body injury that put him out of commission for a week, and AHL defenseman Mark Alt falling victim to a serious upper-body injury.