Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 4:31 PM | 15 comments |
 

Gagne sidelined by hernias
options
 

   The medical news on Simon Gagne is not good.

  The Flyers' left winger had an ultrasound Monday that showed he was suffering from two small hernias, the Flyers announced Tuesday.

  GM Paul Holmgren said the Flyers' medical staff  will meet with Gagne Wednesday to "discuss all options."

   It sounds as if surgery is forthcoming.

   The discovery of the hernias explains why Gagne hasn't had much zip this season. He has just one goal in nine games and hasn't looked himself.

    With Gagne sidelined indefinitely, the Flyers will now be missing three players who combined for 86 goals last year _ Gagne (34), Mike Knuble (27) and Joffrey Lupul (25). Knuble signed with Washington as a free agaent, and Lupul was dealt to Anaheim in the Chris Pronger trade.

      
Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 4:31 PM  Permalink | 15 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:05 PM, 10/27/2009
    juuuuuuuuuuuuust great, thank God for the PHILLIES!!!!
    — PHILLYINNE
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:11 PM, 10/27/2009
    Brendan Shanahan come on down....Gagne $5.25 million per. to play a year sit a year....whats with this team its always someone Gagne, Briere, Rathje, Primeau, Lindros.
    — CAN fan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:34 PM, 10/27/2009
    God this team is so frustrating to be a fan of!!! So now we will really see what this coaching staff and team is made of and if Homer can pull a rabbit out of his hat! I hate to call the glass half empty but unless they call up Maroon or try to sign someone ( and it seems other then Shanahan they don't have alot of options ). Homer have you heard from Forsberg lately? 35 years and counting!!!!!!
    — Tonyazucar
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:46 PM, 10/27/2009
    my point exactly, i agree that they could trade him, but everyone is locked up and i'd rather have him still on the team than get a couple goons that cant score goals. They Flyers aren't going to win the Stanley cup scoring only 2 goals a game. Something needs to happen. Hopefuly he won't be out too long. Hopefuly.
    — Indestructabill
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:21 PM, 10/27/2009
    Get healthy , come back for the 2nd half of the season.
    — BillyPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:40 PM, 10/27/2009
    zzzzzzzz
    — Leron
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:47 PM, 10/27/2009
    Right BillyPhilly, Games don't count till March. Calm down guys, maintain low tones....This will allow us to see a whole bunch of Giroux and JVR.
    — Hatfield_ham
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:13 PM, 10/27/2009
    People here here. Calm down. LTIR takes 2/3 of the salary. Forsberg comes back, he comes here. If not, wait till deadline and pick someone up. This helps in my opinion. Gives up breathing room with the cap now. Would have been bad worse if he had a linguring injury like a groin. That would have meant no LTIR and watch him sit on the sidelines. This is not that bad.
    — CCM
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:47 PM, 10/27/2009
    how long does hernia surgery put you out for?
    — JesseH
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:51 PM, 10/27/2009
    what is the deal with our medical staff not finding this out earlier? we have the WORST med staff in sports.
    — gulls3012
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:56 PM, 10/27/2009
    When is the last time this guy wasn't injured. He's injured more than Westbrook.
    — boroughboy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:19 PM, 10/27/2009
    Expect nothing from Gagne and you won't be disappointed. He's been hurt every year I can remember.
    — Alpheratz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:53 PM, 10/27/2009
    Gagne has a hurt va ja ja
    — meaned
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:57 PM, 10/27/2009
    The medical staff on this organ-I-zation is a joke. I've been following this team since 1974. This team needs a heart transplant. I'll settle for a head coaching change. Goodbye Stevens hello Paddock. As far as Gagne is concerned- Stay home. Your too soft anyway.
    — Iceman65
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About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi is in his fourth year as the Flyers' beat reporter. He became an Inquirer staff writer in 1984 and covered mostly South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies before taking the Flyers beat.

Carchidi has written three books _ the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He also contributed to a 1993 Inquirer book on the Phillies.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah with his wife, JoAnn, and their two children, Sara and Sammy.

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