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Simon Gagne and Jeff Carter will both have surgery on their right foot this Friday.  Both Gagne and Carter suffered a fracture in their right foot during the game last night.  Ironically they both came from interfering with a slap shot.  Gagne was hit with the puck shot by New Jersey’s Kovalchuck.  Carter was hit by teammate Chris Pronger but at least his injury resulted in his second goal of the night.

Both players are listed as day-to-day and obviously won’t be able to play Thursday.  However it us unsure when they will exactly be able to return.  So what is the team losing with Gagne and Carter unable to play?  Well undoubtedly they are losing two players who are considered as leaders to the team.  Gagne has been Read the rest of this entry »

Last night the Flyers took on the Toronto Maple Leafs and there was a ton of action.  The Flyers since coming back from the Olympic break were 1-2 going into last nights game.  Now they are 2-2 and last night showed a lot of things about the team.  From defense to offense the Flyers played an exceptional game and I can only hope that they can continue to play at that level.

I saw three things from last nights game that I was impressed with:

3) Leighton has what it takes to be the goalie that can push the Flyers through the post season.  He made all the Read the rest of this entry »