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Welcome to the 2024-25 NHL training camp buzz. Training camp is underway and NHL.com has you covered with all the latest news.

Philadelphia Flyers

Rasmus Ristolainen was a full participant on the first day of training camp after having surgery April 18 to repair a ruptured triceps tendon.

“I feel good,” the defenseman said. “I’m fully healthy and ready to go. … Not sure when I was cleared, but probably the last couple of weeks I’ve been fully healthy and doing pretty much everything normal on the ice.”

The surgery was the second one he had to address the injury. He played his final game last season Feb. 10.

“There was kind of two injuries in the same place,” he said. “It was two different things, two different surgeries. So after the first surgery, I tried to rehab and get back, but then I couldn’t, so I had to do another one, and then basically been rehabbing the last six months.”

The 29-year-old is going into his fourth season with the Flyers but said he’s looking forward to playing his first season opener with them after missing the previous three because of injury.

“It’s annoying because before that, I’ve never barely been hurt and played most of the games,” he said. “Stuff happens and you can’t control and it’s sometimes bad luck too. But yeah, I’m extremely excited. Big plan is to stay healthy.”

Center Sean Couturier also is healthy after having surgery in April to repair a core muscle injury. He said he was able to get in his full offseason training program.

“I was able to do pretty much everything I wanted to as the summer went on,” he said. “I think it’s 6-8 weeks recovery, rehab. But honestly, after like two weeks, you feel great. It’s just a matter of being patient and not pushing it too hard to let it heal and make sure it’s fine. But yeah, I had a good summer of training. Feel good and ready to go.” — Adam Kimelman

Buffalo Sabres

Rasmus Dahlin will miss “a couple days of practice” coach Lindy Ruff said on Thursday, one day after the defenseman left early into the first practice of training camp with an injury.

The defenseman participated in a few drills before leaving the ice with what Ruff said was a “mid-range” body ailment. Ruff also said the injury was not serious.

Dahlin led the Sabres with 59 points (20 goals, 39 assists) last season and was fifth in the NHL in ice time per game (25:25).

“That guy is a game-changer each and every night,” forward Alex Tuch said. “His consistency on the compete factor has been incredible ever since I got to town, and I’ve seen it grow and just blossom into the player that he’s become.”

The Sabres play their first preseason games against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, and begin the regular season against the New Jersey Devils in Prague in the 2024 NHL Global Series Czechia presented by Fastenal on Oct. 4-5. — Heather Engel

Montreal Canadiens

Kaiden Guhle had his appendix removed on Wednesday and will be reevaluated in seven days.

The defenseman had 22 points (six goals, 16 assists) in 70 games last season, his second in the NHL.

Montreal plays its first preseason game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday and begins the regular season against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 9.

Anaheim Ducks

Pavel Mintyukov will miss the start of training camp for the Ducks on Thursday because of a lower-body injury. He is day to day.

The 20-year-old defenseman had 28 points (four goals, 24 assists) in 63 games for Anaheim last season, finishing third among NHL rookie defensemen in points and assists.

Selected with the No. 10 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, Mintyukov missed 11 games last season with a separated shoulder and the final eight games with a lower-body bone contusion.

Forward Nathan Gaucher is also day to day with a lower-body injury.

Selected with the No. 22 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, the 20-year-old forward had 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in 72 games with San Diego of the American Hockey League last season. — Dan Arritt

Pittsburgh Penguins

Erik Karlsson is day to day with an upper-body injury.

The defenseman did not practice when the Penguins opened their training camp Wednesday, or on Thursday.

“We’ll see where it goes,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday. “I haven’t even had a conversation yet with our medical team to discuss where he’s at. I know some of this stuff is precautionary.”

Karlsson did not miss a game last season. He led Pittsburgh’s defensemen with 56 points (11 goals, 45 assists) after being acquired from the San Jose Sharks on Aug. 6, 2023, in a three-team trade also involving the Montreal Canadiens.

The 34-year-old routinely played with Marcus Pettersson on the second defense pair but replaced long-time Penguins defenseman Kris Letang at the point on the top power play.

Karlsson has 817 points (189 goals, 628 assists) in 1,002 NHL games for the Ottawa Senators, Sharks and Penguins. — Wes Crosby