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Hal Gill invited to Flyers camp

Hal Gill

Nashville Predators defenseman Hal Gill plays against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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One area the Philadelphia Flyers could use help is on defense and they’re looking to address that in training camp.

Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe reports the Flyers have invited veteran blue liner Hal Gill to camp on a tryout. The 38-year-old, 6'7" defenseman spent the past season and a half with the Nashville Predators. Previous to that he’s played for Montreal, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and Boston.

In his run with the Preds last season, Gill averaged just over 13 minutes per game as a third-pair defenseman. In 32 games he had no points, 12 penalty minutes, and was a minus-3.

The Flyers start the season with question marks still leftover from last year. Andrej Meszaros is still waiting for clearance to play and the rest of the corps is, to say the least, suspect.

One thing Gill has been good at in his career is actually playing defense and that’s what has to be appealing to Philly. If he’s got anything left, he could help out.

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