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Flyers waive Michael Leighton, Tom Sestito

The Flyers have waived backup goalie Michael Leighton and forward Tom Sestito.

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Flyers waive Michael Leighton, Tom Sestito

POSTED: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 12:39 PM

Frank Seravalli

The Flyers have waived backup goalie Michael Leighton and forward Tom Sestito.

The Leighton decision seems to indicate that Brian Boucher will be the backup for the Flyers behind Ilya Bryzgalov.

If Leighton and Sestito are not claimed off waivers by noon tomorrow, the Flyers can send them to the Phantoms, their minor league team.

Leighton had played only one game for the Flyers this season, a 5-1 loss at Tampa Bay on Jan. 27.

51 comments

Comments (51)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:43 PM, 02/28/2013

....and Jody Shelley is still a flyer...amazing

— philly thug

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:30 PM, 02/28/2013

and Paul Holmgren is still general manager, amazing

— Flyerdom

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:51 PM, 02/28/2013

Jody Shelley is also on injured reserve (and likely to remain there all season) allowing the Flyers to use his pro rated cap space of about $750,000.

— yantastic

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:57 PM, 02/28/2013

Maybe we can finally end the michael leighton era. Third times a charm?

— FlyerAdam30

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:32 PM, 02/28/2013

AMEN! Or Homer will just admit to the pictures that Leighton has been using the blackmail him.

— logicandreason

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:58 PM, 02/28/2013

Is Sestito really that bad? I'm just concerned we do not have a true fighter on the team, since Rinaldo has taken on an agitation role. Simmonds should not be relied on for fighting regularly.

— sobjoe24

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:31 PM, 02/28/2013

McGinn, once he gets back from injury.

— logicandreason

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:44 PM, 02/28/2013

Didn't he just get his face broken during a fight? No thanks.

— sobjoe24

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:05 PM, 02/28/2013

Why do we need to "have a true fighter" on the the team? Will that help the defense to defend, or the offense to score? Some of you are really stupid.

— Anti-Stepford Fan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:25 PM, 02/28/2013

If you don't understand hockey - you really shouldn't post here. It's not the 70's - fighting is a much smaller part of the game, but it's still there.

— jak55555

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:06 PM, 02/28/2013

... and we gave away Chaput and
Greg Moore.

— olneyboy

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:20 PM, 02/28/2013

The Flyers' have Derek Mathers aka
'The Marshall'

— olneyboy

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:23 PM, 02/28/2013

Best news of the day. My only hope is that some other desperate team will be stupid enough to pick them up, so that they are out of the organization for good.

— The Truth Hurts

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:23 PM, 02/28/2013

hey anti-stepford...

is this your first year following hockey? your question shows a tremendous lack of understanding when it comes to the history of this game. fighters are required on every team to enforce the code. teams that don't have an enforcer find themselves on the receiving end of attacks on their star players. these attacks cannot be effectively stopped by the 2 min minors that the refs hand out. that's where the enforcer comes in. oh and your comment "some of you are really stupid" was awesomely ironic.

— Cappy12619