*This Dan Cleary saga is getting ridiculous. First, Elliotte Friedman tweeted that Cleary wasn’t reporting to camp. Then Homer pretended he had no idea what anyone was talking about and said Cleary would be in Philadelphia for his PTO. Either way, we’ll find out soon because…
*…camp starts today! Check out the full roster as well as the complete schedule of events. (BSH)
*Adding to today’s excitement, tickets for the Flyers Wives’ Carnival go on sale today at 10AM. The Carnival will be held on January 26 this season. (BSH)
*Hal Gill says he has something to prove heading into camp. (CSN Philly)
*Previewing Sean Couturier’s upcoming season. In which he will hopefully see the ice more, amirite? (BSH)
*Alex Pietrangelo will not report to camp in St. Louis, as he still does not have a contract. Interesting. (St. Louis Game Time)
*Sergei Bobrovsky had a hard time choosing between Columbus and the KHL. (ProHockeyTalk)
*Joni Pitkanen will miss the entire 2013-2014 season due to an injury suffered last year. Yikes. (SB Nation)
*The NHL is planning an international Champions Cup tournament in 2016, which should be pretty awesome. (CBS Sports)
*The league is aiming to make an additional one billion dollars in additional revenue, which I imagine Gary Bettman announced with one pinky held to the corner of his mouth. (PHT)
*On the randomness of on-ice save percentage. (Boys on the Bus)
Getting closer! How many days ’til the opener tomorrow?
| Ernie Heiskala days | 0 |
| Rick MacLeish days | 97 |
| Scott Mellanby days | 17 |
| Mikael Renberg days | 190 |
| Paul Ranheim days | 5 |
| Scott Hartnell days | 156 |
