I am convinced Chris Pronger’s concussion symptoms are the direct result of his eye injury earlier this fall with latent post-concussion syndrome effects. It can happen. I feel it is prudent for the Flyers to proceed at this point as if Pronger were NOT coming back this season.

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Bernie Parent thinks that Peter Laviolette’s decision to play Ilya Bryzgalov over Sergei Bobrovsky against Pittsburgh is the right call. In a wide-ranging interview with reporters tonight, Parent defended Bryzgalov, while saying he still has to improve on his game.

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Some FLyer history tonight with their 5-4 overtime win against Buffalo: When you add in last Frida’s 3-0 comeback at Anaheim (4-3 overtime win), this marks the second time in the past week that the Flyers have come back from a 3-0 deficit to win. Elias Sports Bureau said it is the third time in team history that the Flyers have accomplished that twice in a single season.

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Unless a player has an on-going weight issue where he fluctuates, like Arron Asham did when he was with the Flyers, there is usually no need to drop weight. I noticed recently that Kimmo Timonen looked thinner in his face and thinner all-around. Turns out, he dropped weight and quite possibly, dropped some muscle to increase his cardio.

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Brayden Schenn is out tonight with an upper body injury. The cause if his absence is NOT his left foot, says general manager Paul Holmgren.

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The difference in watching the Flyers when their power play is actually producing versus watching them slog through a tight game where 5-on-5 scoring is all they’ve got is amazing. You can almost see the confidence level rise in these guys when they know they’ve got a goal off special teams. Their power play was at 11 percent for the games played last month and is over 40 percent this mont

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Chris Pronger held a conference call this morning to update his status. Most of us thought it would surround his left knee that was surgically repaired this week. But the surprise was, Pronger admitted he is concerned about a lingering virus that won’t go away despite numerous medical and blood tests to determine why he doesn’t feel well. Pronger has classic concussion symptoms but doesn’

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WESTMINSTER, Calif. – Seems every time we talk to a Flyer we find out something new about their health status. In recent weeks, we found that Matt Read definitely had a concussion at the start of November and missed three games; we found that while Chris Pronger had a virus last week, it was really his left knee that was keeping him out of the lineup. And today, goalie Ilya Bryzgalov told us

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So it was more than just a virus with Chris Pronger. He needs his left knee cleaned out. He will undergo arthroscopic surgery on TUE.

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Chris Pronger is missing tonight’s game against Carolina with a virus. Braydon Coburn has a mid-body injury and might be available for WED on Long Island against the Islanders. The Flyers called up Kevin Marshall and Marc-Andre Bourdon to replace them but had to move Harry Zolnierczyk to Trenton and place Erik Gustafsson (wrist) on LTIR to clear enough cap space. They came into the game

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