Couturier made his long-awaited return as the Flyers opened training camp Thursday in Voorhees.
But ahead of Thursday morning, the first day of Flyers training camp in Voorhees, Couturier needed a little bit of help. He missed all of last season while recovering from multiple back surgeries and didn’t take part last year in coach“I didn’t really know what to expect,” Couturier said after the first of three Flyers training camp groups finished what was essentially a 30-minute sprint with a few breathers. “I’m not gonna lie, I was pretty nervous about it.
Couturier said afterward that the skate was test No. 1 in what will be a series of tests for him during this training camp. The pretest was Wednesday, when Couturier passed all his physicals. The center said he told management that he wanted to play in as many preseason games as they’d let him, “to get back into it and get a feel.” He hasn’t played in an NHL game since Dec. 18, 2021.
Couturier isn’t alone in this experience, of course. Veteran winger Cam Atkinson also missed all of last season. Thursday’s skate wasn’t new to him, since Atkinson was with Tortorella in Columbus. Atkinson, who had a herniated disc in his C6 and C7 vertebrae, said he thought he’d play in no more than four preseason games and expressed a desire to get the first one out of the way Monday in New Jersey.
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