Coburn to return; Flyers claim goalie
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Coburn to return; Flyers claim goalie
Danny Syvret was originally called up from Adirondack to replace Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in the lineup tonight in Pittsburgh.
Instead, the Flyers called him and told him not to come, that Braydon Coburn would be ready to return tonight in Pittsburgh. He missed last night's game with an ankle injury.
Syvret had two points in 13 games with the Flyers this year, then scored seven points in eight games with Adirondack.
Tollefsen is out 3-4 weeks with a sprained left MCL, but this is not the knee that caused him to miss a large portion of the season with Columbus last year.
The Flyers also have claimed goalie Michael Leighton from Carolina off re-entry waivers to back up Brian Boucher. The Flyers will send Johan Backlund back to Adirondack.
Leighton, who played briefly for the Flyers in 2007, had cleared waivers and was heading back to Albany, of the AHL. In seven games for Carolina this season, Leighton has a 4.28 goals-against and .848 save percentage.
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3rd period and Cindy is still able to stand up. Why?
close johnnews— primo- Ikeep telling you get rid of Holmgren!— frank martino
- "Cindy" is still standing because he is twice the player of anybody on the Flyers' roster.— MisterHate
- flyers losers forever - GET A LIFE!!!— philly57
- I think if my 10 y/o daughter was on the ice, she would accidentally get in the way of the opposing forwards more often than Coburn does... He needs to be sent down to the ECHL where pucks and players move a little slower. Maybe if he plays better there, and that's a big maybe, he can be promoted to the Phantoms for the rest of the season. I wouldn't even let him look at a Flyers jersey again this season.— dtuna42
- MisterHate: He is a very talented player. However, he has no respect for the history of and the game of hockey. Pittsburgh was fortunate to have tanked 3 years in order to get him and Malkin.
- Isn't Sean Burke available?— knight
