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Mike Condon is looking for every edge possible as he battles to keep his job as Carey Price’s backup and that’s why he spent part of his summer slapping away at a board filled with flashing lights.

“It was sort of like Whack-a-Mole,” Condon said. “There was this large board with lights and you had to slap them as they came on.”

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The exercise was part of the visual acuity training Condon went through with a Boston ophthalmologist.

“I wasn’t satisfied with my puck-tracking last season and that’s one of the areas I wanted to improve,” said Condon, who is battling veteran Al Montoya and rookie Charlie Lindgren for the No. 2 spot.

There was nothing wrong with Condon’s puck-tracking Sunday. While his Red team lost 3-2 in a shootout, he was perfect through two periods he played in an intra-squad scrimmage at the Bell Centre.

Instead of going on the power play, teams were awarded penalty shots and Condon stopped Alexander Radulov for the second time in as many days. He also held his ground on a penalty shot from defenceman Nathan Beaulieu.