Nine Firebirds Attend NHL Development Camps
July 7, 2025 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Flint Firebirds News Release
FLINT - Nine Flint Firebirds were afforded the opportunity to attend NHL development camps over the past week. 2025 NHL draft picks Jimmy Lombardi and Rylan Fellinger each attended their first development camp while Dryden Allen, Alex Kostov and Matthew Wang each attended camps as a free agent invitee. The full list of Firebirds at development camps is as follows.
EDMONTON OILERS
Nathan Day - 2023 6th round pick, signed NHL entry-level contract with Edmonton. Eligible to play in AHL/ECHL for Edmonton during 2025-26 season, eligible to play for Flint as an overager during 2025-26 season.
Connor Clattenburg - 2024 5th round pick, signed NHL entry-level contract with Edmonton. Eligible to play in AHL/ECHL for Edmonton during 2025-26 season, eligible to play for Flint as an overager during 2025-26 season.
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Jimmy Lombardi - 2025 4th round pick
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Matthew Wang - Free agent invite
NEW YORK RANGERS
Nathan Aspinall - 2024 5th round pick
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Dryden Allen - Free agent invite
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Rylan Fellinger - 2025 6th round pick
Alex Kostov - Free agent invite
Additionally, former Firebirds defenseman Blake Smith attended development camp for the Toronto Maple Leafs, with whom he singed an NHL entry-level contract in April. 2025 CHL Import Draft selections Darels Uljanskis and Yevgeni Prokhorov attended NHL development camps. Ujlanskis was at Anaheim Ducks camp, the team that drafted him in the seventh round of the 2024 NHL Draft, and Prokhorov was at Buffalo Sabres camp, the team that drafted him in the seventh round of the 2025 NHL Draft.
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