“So we were watching all the other guys go off, and then they were telling us how hard it was on purpose, just to piss us off a little bit.”

“But we expected this, we’ve had guys here since Sept. 1. We never did six laps” like on Thursday. “Some guys did four just to get a feel for it. But no matter how many times you do it at practice, your legs kind of give out a little bit. They die. It’s just work. I think everybody worked hard.”

-Tony DeAngelo of the Philadelphia Flyers after day 1 of camp under John Tortorella. Sam Carchidi of Philly Hockey Now has more.