Bear expected healthy for training camp, not doing fitness testing at NHL Scouting Combine

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BUFFALO -- Carter Bear expects to be fully healthy when NHL training camps start in September after sustaining a partially torn right Achilles tendon during a game March 9.

The forward, who tied for seventh in the Western Hockey League with 40 goals in 56 games for Everett, is No. 10 on NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters for the 2025 NHL Draft.

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