ANAHEIM – Right wing Patrick Eaves probably won’t be sound enough to start the regular season after undergoing left shoulder surgery last season. Center Ryan Kesler most likely won’t be ready to play Oct. 3, continuing his long, slow recovery and rehabilitation from major hip surgery in 2017.

Left wing Nick Ritchie’s contract battle with the Ducks continues with no end in sight. He missed a third consecutive day of training camp and it’s uncertain when he, his representatives and the team might agree on a new contract for the restricted free agent.

Meanwhile, the Ducks’ young’uns continued to impress the coaching staff and team executives Sunday.

Job openings have been few and far between in recent seasons, but with Eaves and Kesler expected to rejoin the Ducks’ lineup later rather than sooner and Ritchie’s return to the fold still to be determined, there could be a vacancy or two or three on the opening-night roster.

Left wing Max Comtois could claim one.

Center Sam Steel could grab another.

Right wing Troy Terry could snag one more.

Nothing is set is stone after three days of camp, which included a scrimmage Sunday at Honda Center that featured a number of the Ducks’ prospects. Comtois skated on a line with Steel and Joseph Blandisi on Team B. Terry skated with Kevin Roy and Isac Lundestrom on Team A.

“I’m fairly confident with this group of young forwards,” Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. “I wouldn’t want to say which one or who because I’ve been fooled a lot before. But I think some young forwards are going to be given a really good opportunity here this year.”

Comtois, Steel and Terry aren’t the only ones who figure to get good, long looks in camp.

Lundestrom, the Ducks’ first-round draft pick in June, has turned heads with his stickhandling in tight spaces and his playmaking. Jack Kopacka and Kiefer Sherwood continued their strong play in camp after standing out during the Rookie Faceoff last week in Las Vegas.

Lundestrom intends to return to his Swedish club team when training camp ends later this month. Some of the others could return to their junior teams, join the San Diego Gulls of the AHL or, possibly, earn a roster spot for the Ducks’ season-opening game against the San Jose Sharks.

“We have kids who can play, we have kids who can play,” Murray said, repeating himself for emphasis. “With the kids, it’s a cyclical thing with teams. For a while, we had nothing but defensemen coming. Now we’ve got lots of good young forwards and that was very evident in Las Vegas.”

SCRIMMAGE DETAILS

Comtois scored twice as Team B took a 5-4 lead over Terry and Team A after two periods played 5-on-5 with all the traditional rules of the game in place. The teams then played a 40-minute third period that featured 4-on-4 play with a running clock.

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A crowd of 1,200 or so watched from the stands as the Ducks’ 25-hour celebration of 25 years of hockey in Anaheim came to a close. There were youth and rec-league games in Honda Center and on a roller rink in the parking lot in front of the building for 24 continuous hours before the scrimmage.

A total of 311 goals were scored during the 25 hours, according to the Ducks. Players from the Lady Ducks, Junior Ducks participated in the nonstop games, joining assorted teams from the Ducks’ front office, an alumni team, police and firefighting squads and local sled hockey players.