Here's a friendly reminder as the Flyers kick off the preseason on Monday night: none of this really matters all that much.
I mean, if you wanna get cross-sport about this, look at the Eagles great preseason versus what they've done in the first two games of the regular season as an indication that none of this exhibition crap matters all that much.
But in hockey, where we're pretty aware of that when it comes to team performance, we mostly look for cues into individual performances during the preseason. We do that particularly when it comes to young players.