He’s coming off a season where he played in all 82 games and led the Flyers in goals with 29. Fifteen of those goals came on the power play, which ranked third in the NHL. This is Simmonds’ first leadership appointment in the NHL.

Streit enters his second season with the Flyers. He also appeared in all 82 games last season, while leading all Flyers defensemen in scoring (10-34-44) and finishing third on the team with 34 assists. Streit previously served as the captain of the New York Islanders from 2011-13.

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Klopp’s desire to retain the squad that has propelled Liverpool to second in the table, however, does not involve Sakho. The £19m defender has been marginalised since being sent home from a pre-season tour of the United States for disciplinary breaches.

Attempts to offload the 26-year-old on loan were frustrated in the summer and Sakho, who signed a new five-year contract at Liverpool only last September, placed further strain on his relationship with Klopp when he contested the manager’s claims about his fitness on Snapchat.

The former Paris Saint-Germain captain has been training with Liverpool’s under-23 squad ever since that late-night outburst in September, though was able to attend a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in the French capital this week. Nice, West Bromwich