Sean Couturier will return from a one-game absence due to an illness, sending Abols to the sidelines as a healthy scratch. The 29-year-old Abols is averaging 9:18 time-on-ice and has zero points through four games this season.
Abols is a 29-year-old Latvian forward that has yet to play an NHL games. He spent most of the previous five seasons in the Swedish Hockey League but has 19 points (9G / 10A) in 34 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) this season.
Abols is a 29-year-old Latvian forward that has yet to play an NHL games. He spent most of the previous five seasons in the Swedish Hockey League but has 19 points (9G / 10A) in 34 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) this season.
Abols spent the 2023-24 season with Rogle BK (SHL) and signed a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 with Philadelphia on Saturday. The 28-year-old Centre was drafted in the seventh round of the 2016 draft (184th overall) many moons ago and last played in North America with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL) in 2019-20.
Abols, 23, was originally selected in the seventh-round of the 2016 draft by the Canucks before spending the last two season in the Swedish Elite League. The Latvian centre had 18 goals and eight assists (26 points) in 45 games with Orebro HK this past season.
