Update on Aleksei Kolosov, Jett Luchanko

Philadelphia Flyers president of hockey operations Keith Jones told reporters in his press conference yesterday that the team expects Aleksei Kolosov to report for training camp, and today, The Athletic’s Kevin Kurz confirmed that Kolosov will indeed do so. Kurz reported that Kolosov, 23, is now in Philadelphia, ready to compete for a spot with the Flyers. Kolosov’s placement in the organization was a point of contention last season, and ultimately, the netminder played in 17 NHL games with the Flyers and 12 AHL games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Entering his second full campaign in North America, the former Dinamo Minsk starter will need to have a strong training camp and preseason to erase the memory of his .867 NHL save percentage and beat out either incumbent starter Samuel Ersson or offseason addition Daniel Vladar for an NHL job.
Yesterday, it was reported that Flyers 2024 first-round pick Jett Luchanko was being held out of the start of the club’s rookie camp for precautionary reasons. Today, there has been an update on Luchanko’s status, with Kurz reporting that the young center is now expected to miss the entirety of the team’s rookie camp. Kurz added that Luchanko is also expected to be ready to return to the ice for the start of the club’s full training camp, and it is there that he will attempt to make the team’s opening-night roster for a second season in a row. Luchanko played in four games for the Flyers to start 2024-25 before he was reassigned to the OHL’s Guelph Storm.