Maybe the pressure will come with time. After all, the idea of being drafted by an NHL franchise didn't set in until Chaput visited the team's headquarters earlier this week. He met with members of the organization and saw Ian Laperriere and Derian Hatcher stroll by in the hallway.
"It's just something fun to see, something good to see," Chaput said of seeing the veteran players. "I've worked hard all my life to get here, but I'm actually not even there just yet. Now the hard work really starts."
He likely will return to play for Lewiston in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he notched 28 goals and 27 assists in 68 games last season.
Although Chaput has enough time to breathe before making his NHL debut, he doesn't intend to use it.
"You try to make the team as fast as you can," he said. "You don't want to give yourself a gap. I have to get better as quick as I can to make the Flyers.
"You just try to grab as much as you can. You go with the skating coaches. You go play with guys that are bigger and faster than you. You just learn the most you can from it."
Team officials offered a positive, albeit abbreviated, review of Chaput's first day in catching glimpses of him.
"I really liked his game today," said Don Luce, the team's director of player development. "He played well. He's a young kid, coming into his first camp. He handled himself pretty well."
Anything he needs to work on?
"Yeah, everything," Luce said. "And I'm not being sarcastic. All these kids, they're not there yet, and that's why they're here - so they could learn how to make the next step.
