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Flyers' Boyd Gordon: Turning heads in training camp

Gordon was praised by Flyers coach Dave Hakstol for his defensive work at Saturday's practice, Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Analysis:

Gordon reportedly will assume the role of penalty-killing specialist in his first season donning the Orange and Black. Philadelphia killed off only 80.5 percent of its penalties in 2015-16, so he'll try to make an impact in that area while taking some defensive pressure off top-line offensive producer Claude Giroux. As nice as this sounds for the Flyers, it likely won't cause a stir in fantasy land as Gordon, with his 12 years of NHL service time, has failed to hit the 30-point mark in a single season.

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