Philly's injuries come to light

[puckhead]

the following players will have some sort of surgery in the offseason

Richards, Versteeg, Meszeros, Betts, Leighton

 

[sbb122]

the following players will have some sort of surgery in the offseason

Richards, Versteeg, Meszeros, Betts, Leighton

The way some of them performed i am guessing the surgery involves removing their heads from their asses...

 

[beantownmaniac]

the following players will have some sort of surgery in the offseason

Richards, Versteeg, Meszeros, Betts, Leighton

What about Pronger? I heard a rumor he may need back surgery.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

What about Pronger? I heard a rumor he may need back surgery.

Dont say that

 

[puckhead]

What about Pronger? I heard a rumor he may need back surgery.

oh yeah, i heard that earlier today as well.
he wasn't on the list I saw, so I guess that isn't confirmed as knife-worthy quite yet. hell, he's already had THREE surgeries in the past year.

 

[elocomotive]

What about Pronger? I heard a rumor he may need back surgery.

Carrying the team's defense on it all year must have injured it.

 

[beantownmaniac]

Dont say that

It was something I heard on the NHL network.

 

[SLY]

Carrying the team's defense on it all year must have injured it.

lol

 

[puckhead]

Pronger confirmed to have back surgery on Friday.

 

[awaz]

Pronger confirmed to have back surgery on Friday.

you know what i love about having a 36 year old that needs back surgery?

that his 4.9 mil cap hit is on the books until he's 42

 

[SLY]

that sucks for Philly.

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Everybody is hurt by this time of year...not a big surprise ....

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

Yea but back surgery is always a scary thing. Hopefully he recovers nicely and this does not persist for the remainder of his career/life

 

[beantownmaniac]

PHILADELPHIA -- Flyers captain Mike Richards headlines a list of five players who need offseason surgery, Philadelphia general manager Paul Holmgren announced Tuesday.

Richards needs wrist surgery. Goalie Michael Leighton (hip), center Blair Betts (finger), defenseman Andrej Meszaros (wrist) and winger Kris Versteeg (stomach muscle) also need surgery.

Holmgren says forwards Scott Hartnell and Jeff Carter will both be evaluated for hip issues. The Flyers could know Friday if they need surgery.

Defenseman Chris Pronger is dealing with a painful lower back problem that led to diminished leg strength. Pronger played in only three of the Flyers' 11 postseason games. Surgery has not been ruled out.

 

[TOX1]

PHILADELPHIA -- Flyers captain Mike Richards headlines a list of five players who need offseason surgery, Philadelphia general manager Paul Holmgren announced Tuesday.

Richards needs wrist surgery. Goalie Michael Leighton (hip), center Blair Betts (finger), defenseman Andrej Meszaros (wrist) and winger Kris Versteeg (stomach muscle) also need surgery.

Holmgren says forwards Scott Hartnell and Jeff Carter will both be evaluated for hip issues. The Flyers could know Friday if they need surgery.

Defenseman Chris Pronger is dealing with a painful lower back problem that led to diminished leg strength. Pronger played in only three of the Flyers' 11 postseason games. Surgery has not been ruled out.

lol Beat me to it. I came here just to post that link.

ah well..

 

[TOX1]

Everybody is hurt by this time of year...not a big surprise ....

True, but if we had to read through reems of threads about Crosby's troubles, I think you can tolerate 1 measly Flyers injury report.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Was versteeg hurt before or after the trade just curious

 

[4thstreet]

Is anyone else a bit concerned about Richards' health issues.
He has had stomach surgery,shoulder surgery,and now he's due for wrist surgery.
I know he plays a bang and grind game,but at this rate,how much longer can he hold out?

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Blame it on the Sabres :smile:.....

Flyers had little left for round two
May 11, 2011 - 5:56 PM | Comment

I had my suspicions about this one all through the four straight games the Flyers lost to the Bruins, three of which they looked completely outclassed. It seemed like the Flyers had absolutely nothing left for Boston after the seven-game grind against the Sabres, while the Bruins didn't have nearly the same trouble summoning energy after their seven-game first-rounder against Montreal.

Turns out I was on to something.

In this CSNPhilly.com story, several Flyers speaking on locker cleanout day admitted the series against the Sabres took a lot out of them both mentally and physically.

“I think that the Buffalo series may have taken more out of us than a normal seven-game series,” said Flyers defenseman Sean O’Donnell. “They are physically and emotionally exhausting, there was a lot of ups and downs there. We came back a lot, I think looking back on that seven-game series, it seemed more like a nine- or 10-game series.”

There are plenty of other issues percolating around the Flyers in the wake of their quick second-round exit.

---Defenseman Chris Pronger will have back surgery on Thursday while several other players went under the knife on Wednesday. The most noteworthy was captain Mike Richards, who had a torn ligament in his wrist that clearly rendered him ineffective in both rounds.

---Speaking of Richards, CSNPhilly's Tim Panaccio, the longtime Flyers beat writer, put together this story where coach Peter Laviolette admitted he's still working on his relationship with Richards. The Flyers' captain is a pretty churlish sort most of the time with the media and, based on his Twitter account, he wasn't happy with the story. Panaccio had this response.

---Flyers owner Ed Snider agrees with everyone who watched the team in the playoffs: They need to find a No. 1 goalie, whether it's Sergei Bobrovsky or an outsider, and stick with him.

 

[mattola]

Flyers defenceman Chris Pronger, who missed the majority of the post-season, will undergo surgery to remove a herniated disc from his spinal cord on Thursday. Pronger, 36, will undergo a procedure called a discectomy.