Pavelski has an undisclosed medical issue, but could be on the ice Tuesday. Khudobin is in Texas now, Nill said, but he has to finish his quarantine period and go through testing before he can return to practice.
Both should be ready by opening night.
In the meantime, younger players like Robertson, Caamano and goalie Jake Oettinger will get extra practice time. That's important, because the team is going to need them this year. All three were in the bubble in Edmonton, and while they didn't play much, they were there every day with the veteran players.
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"Going into that bubble, it was great to have those young kids around," Benn said. "If I was 19, 20 years old, I would have loved to have been around all of the big guys and hang out with them for two months. So as far as bringing them in, they're already a part of our team. They've been around for a while, I think now it's just trying to get them to feel comfortable in their game."
Bowness said the fact the team lost only a few players (Corey Perry and Mattias Janmark left as free agents) and that so many of the depth players were in Edmonton should be an advantage with such a quick ramp-up to the 56-game regular season.