from John Dellapino of NHL.com,

Shanahan and the NHL’s entire Hockey Operations Department will preside in late August over a Research and Development Camp at the Maple Leafs’ practice facility in Toronto. Two on-ice sessions per day on Aug. 18 and 19 will allow Hockey Ops and many of the League’s general managers and coaches to watch 35-40 of the top-rated prospects eligible for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft put potential rules changes and strategic innovations to the ultimate test—real game action.

“The idea is just to create a camp that gives us information about the game—not because we think the game is broken and needs fixing, but to allow our hockey people to think and act progressively,” Shanahan said Friday at the United Center, after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the camp during his annual pre-Final address to the media.

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