So the roster will need to be finalized tomorrow (even though the Flyers first game is on Friday 10/14 @ Kings).
Del Zotto is hurt and will need to be placed on LTIR on Tuesday.
Schenn is suspended for the first three games.
Gudas is facing a possible five game suspension.
Laughton and Manning are also hurt and will be scratches to start the season.
Konecny and Provorov will both start the season with the team, Provorov is here for the season, Konecny should be, but they have nine games to audition him, he was really good in the preseason.
Hakstol has been juggling the lines, but it looks like this year, he will split up Giroux and Vorachek, the top two lines look like they will be:
Schenn*/Giroux/Simmonds
Konecny/Couturier/Vorachek
- Raffl will replace Schenn during his suspension. The 2nd and 3rd lines will be chosen from Raffl, Cousins, Gordon, Bellemare, Read, Weise, VandeVelde, Lyubimov and Laughton when he is healthy. Weal is also a possibility, but he won't be able to be added to the roster until Del Zotto is placed on LTIR.
As for the defensive pairings, it looks like to start the season it will be:
Provorov/Streit
Schultz/Gostisbehere
MacDonald/Gudas**
** If Gudas is suspended, they will need to call up a defenseman from the Phantoms.
The goalies will be Mason and Neuvirth.