Team-building was the motive. On a damp day in the woods, the players split up into smaller groups, executing various problem-solving exercises that had nothing to do with hockey. The challenges, some of which involved ropes and pulleys, combined the physical with the mental.

In the final year of a two-year, bridge deal, can Frost, 25, stay out of Tortorella's doghouse and stake his claim to be part of the long-term puzzle in Philadelphia?

The Philadelphia Flyers have been relatively successful this season considering where they were expected to be in the first official season of their rebuild.