TORONTO -- The Flyers' long injury list got a bit longer on Thursday, with the addition of forward Zac Rinaldo.
General manager Paul Holmgren announced Thursday that Rinaldo will be out indefinitely with a left high ankle sprain. Rinaldo left Wednesday night's win over Montreal with the injury.
Danny Briere (concussion), Andrej Meszaros (shoulder), Braydon Coburn (shoulder) are all also out indefinitely. Holmgren declared officially that Max Talbot's season is over thanks to a broken left leg.
Ilya Bryzgalov will start his 20th straight game on Wednesday night against Montreal, something Peter Laviolette said he doesn’t have much choice about given the Flyers’ position in the standings.
Well, now Laviolette has a choice. And so do the Flyers this summer in retaining Bryzgalov’s rights.
The Flyers acquired goaltender Steve Mason from Columbus before Wednesday’s trade deadline, the same team they traded backup Sergei Bobrovsky to last summer. The Flyers were also reportedly in the hunt for Ottawa’s Ben Bishop, who was dealt to Tampa Bay.
The Flyers have claimed forward Adam Hall off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning, according to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun.
Hall was traded yesterday from the Carolina Hurricanes to Tampa, but needed to clear waivers before the deal could be completed. The Flyers, however, snapped up the 32-year-old forward.
Hall has scored 65 goals and notched 82 assists in 591 career games. The Flyers will be Hall's sixth NHL team. After being drafted 52nd overall by the Predators in 1999, Hall spent time with the Rangers, Wild, Penguins, Lightning, and Hurricanes.
UPDATE (3:05pm): Keith Yandle remained with the Phoenix Coyotes through the trade deadline. Expect the possibility of trade talks resuming at the Draft in June, since that's when the Flyers and Coyotes first opened dialogue last summer.
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TORONTO -- Heading into Wednesday's trade deadline, the Flyers' plan was to remain 'status quo' unless they could acquire a franchise-altering player to build the future around.
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UPDATE (7:00 pm) - The Sharks have traded Ryane Clowe to the New York Rangers in exchange for a 2013 second round pick, 2013 third round pick and 2014 conditional pick. If Clowe is re-signed by the Rangers OR the Rangers win two playoff rounds, the conditional pick will be a second round pick. If neither of those conditions are met, it will become a fifth round pick.
Nonetheless, the info below about the Flyers' tagging space (with a look toward next year) is valuable for reference.
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Two points back of a playoff spot, the Flyers refuse to call themselves “buyers” before Wednesday afternoon’s trade deadline.
Whatever they label themselves, the Flyers are still very much active in trade talks.
The Flyers are in negotiations with San Jose about acquiring forward Ryane Clowe, multiple sources confirmed to the Daily News on Monday.
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If the Flyers are going to make a surprising sprint toward the Stanley Cup playoffs, they will do without forward Max Talbot.
The Flyers announced on Monday morning that Talbot will be out indefinitely with a fractured left leg. His season - or, at least regular season - is likely all but over.
Talbot crashed into the boards on Sunday night against Washington while trying to make a routine body check. It was unclear exactly how he sustained the injury, but Talbot did lead into the boards with his knee after making initial contact with defenseman Mike Green. Talbot immediately hit the ice and could not put any pressure on the left leg. He needed to be carried to the locker room by the Flyers' training staff.
Claude Giroux skated, facing his own net, toward the goal line before turning to fire what would have been a safe icing had it not landed directly on the stick of Washington's Marcus Johansson.
Understanding the gravity of his mistake, Giroux fell to the ice in disgust, completely separated from his stick with his face buried in his palms. Johansson had broken a 2-2 tie to give Washington and 3-2 lead.
And the Capitals weren't done. Alex Ovechkin scored 26 seconds later, to complete what appeared to be a full and thorough unraveling for the Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov responded by throwing his water bottle toward the Flyers' bench in anger.
The Flyers’ already struggling blue line took a major hit on Friday, as the club announced lengthy injuries to both Andrej Meszaros and Braydon Coburn.
Meszaros, 27, will undergo surgery on April 2 to repair a torn left rotator cuff. The Flyers said Meszaros will be out indefinitely, but for all intents and purposes, his season is over. The Flyers’ last game is on April 27.
Meszaros already missed 19 games this season with a left shoulder injury. He had surgery in 2009 on the same shoulder to repair a torn labrum. It’s certainly fair to wonder whether his shoulder (and body) will be able to handle the rigors of an NHL season.
