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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Gagne sidelined by hernias

   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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Posted 05:05 PM, 10/27/2009
PHILLYINNE
juuuuuuuuuuuuust great, thank God for the PHILLIES!!!!
Posted 05:11 PM, 10/27/2009
CAN fan
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.
Posted 05:34 PM, 10/27/2009
Tonyazucar
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!!!!!!
Posted 05:46 PM, 10/27/2009
Indestructabill
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.
Posted 06:21 PM, 10/27/2009
BillyPhilly
Get healthy , come back for the 2nd half of the season.
Posted 06:40 PM, 10/27/2009
Leron
zzzzzzzz
Posted 06:47 PM, 10/27/2009
Hatfield_ham
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.
Posted 07:13 PM, 10/27/2009
CCM
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.
Posted 07:47 PM, 10/27/2009
JesseH
how long does hernia surgery put you out for?
Posted 07:51 PM, 10/27/2009
gulls3012
what is the deal with our medical staff not finding this out earlier? we have the WORST med staff in sports.
Posted 07:56 PM, 10/27/2009
boroughboy
When is the last time this guy wasn't injured. He's injured more than Westbrook.
Posted 08:19 PM, 10/27/2009
Alpheratz
Expect nothing from Gagne and you won't be disappointed. He's been hurt every year I can remember.
Posted 09:53 PM, 10/27/2009
meaned
Gagne has a hurt va ja ja
Posted 09:57 PM, 10/27/2009
Iceman65
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.
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About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi, who has covered primarily South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies for three decades, is in his second year as the Flyers’ beat writer. He has followed the Flyers since their inception in 1967-68, and remembers when only the third periods of their games were broadcast on the radio - just seven years before they became the city's most popular franchise.

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.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah, N.J., with his wife, JoAnn, and he is a passionate sports fan of the colleges attended by his daughter, Sara (tiny Mount St. Mary’s in Maryland, which qualified for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament last season and is unbeaten in football since 1951) and his son, Sammy (West Virginia, an annual challenger for the nation’s No. 1 ranking in football and men’s basketball).
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