The Flyers will open their season Thursday night in Florida against the reigning Cup champion Panthers.

Their opening night roster is set. There is optimism within it, but going in, there are parts of it that underwhelm, too – some by design, others not.

But it's clear to see where this is going.

The majority of the names on the list are homegrown, and a notable few are young-ish trade acquisitions that have been taken on as reclamation projects.

This is a team slowly coming along from within. They might not be on the verge of a full-on breakout just yet, but the pieces are lining up, hopefully with more on the way.

Also, they just got a longstanding anchor of a contract off the books, which stood as one of the fewer remaining remnants from the decisions that finally spiraled the Flye

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