*First game of the preseason last night, I’m sure everyone enjoyed watching the choppy stream on their laptop and definitely was not watching the Eagles game. Anyway, nice to see Coots and Atkinson Wade Allison back on the ice, eh? [Inquirer]
*Always nice to see Nic Deslauriers on the ice too, right? We thought about what his whole season is going to look like. [BSH]
*There was a tiny bit of worry when the Flyers brought in Marc Staal — why bring in this old, not-great defenseman to a team with so many promising young defensemen?