eleven24
December 5th, 2005, 04:14 PM
All is not well on the injury front for the Philadelphia Flyers. Just reported about an hour ago on WIP by Glen Macnow, the Flyers injury report is getting longer. Bad news on Forsberg, Esche, and now Pitkanen. *** UPDATE ON PITKANEN BELOW ***
The biggest news was on center PETER FORSBERG who has now been diagnosed with a partial groin tear, not a strain as originally believed. This will put PF on the shelf for a few weeks and put the PF's in dire need of scoring help.
Second, is bad news on ROBERT ESCHE. It is now believed that he has the infamous sports hernia. Today he is visiting with the same doctor who performed the surgery on Donovan McNabb & the Flyers are saying he will immediately undergo surgery and be out 5-6 weeks. (Just another example of why the Flyers length of time out is off. McNabb has the same surgery & is to be out 8-12 weeks)
And to complete the trifecta, JONI PITKANEN is also believed to have a partial groin tear as well as a hip flexor, the same injury Turner Stevenson had/has. UPDATE: Pitkanen will undergo surgery which will keep him out of the lineup a minimum of 4-6 weeks.
Just what kind of impact has this had on the Flyers? SIXTEEN of the players who dressed for opening night have missed significant time so far this season.
The silver lining? How good is it to have the Calder Cup winning team in town? With the Phantoms stepping up and filling in, the Flyers are still winning. While they'll certainly go back to the Phantoms, they are all gaining valuable NHL experience which could come in handy come playoff time.
And oh, for the record... I predicted that by mid-season RJ Umberger would be a mainstay & Handzus would be traded.... :nod:
The biggest news was on center PETER FORSBERG who has now been diagnosed with a partial groin tear, not a strain as originally believed. This will put PF on the shelf for a few weeks and put the PF's in dire need of scoring help.
Second, is bad news on ROBERT ESCHE. It is now believed that he has the infamous sports hernia. Today he is visiting with the same doctor who performed the surgery on Donovan McNabb & the Flyers are saying he will immediately undergo surgery and be out 5-6 weeks. (Just another example of why the Flyers length of time out is off. McNabb has the same surgery & is to be out 8-12 weeks)
And to complete the trifecta, JONI PITKANEN is also believed to have a partial groin tear as well as a hip flexor, the same injury Turner Stevenson had/has. UPDATE: Pitkanen will undergo surgery which will keep him out of the lineup a minimum of 4-6 weeks.
Just what kind of impact has this had on the Flyers? SIXTEEN of the players who dressed for opening night have missed significant time so far this season.
The silver lining? How good is it to have the Calder Cup winning team in town? With the Phantoms stepping up and filling in, the Flyers are still winning. While they'll certainly go back to the Phantoms, they are all gaining valuable NHL experience which could come in handy come playoff time.
And oh, for the record... I predicted that by mid-season RJ Umberger would be a mainstay & Handzus would be traded.... :nod: