The next man up scenario has become a theme early on in the season for this young Flyers team. It’s never easy losing a number one Center, then a replacement Center (Morgan Frost), and a key defenseman in Philippe Myers. Yes, the Flyers can withstand these type of injuries, but the key is if they are short-term, especially in a shortened season.
Morgan Frost and Philippe Myers were both injured in Tuesday’s contest, and they both had MRI’s yesterday as Head Coach Alain Vigneault eluded to following the big 3-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Here are the unfortunate results from their MRI’s:
Per the Flyers PR, Morgan Frost suffered a dislocated left shoulder and is out indefinitely. He has been placed on IR.
Philippe Myers suffered a fractured rib and is week-to-week.
Frost plays well offensively, and his defensive game continues to improve. He looked solid last night against the Sabres until his unfortunate injury in the second period. Here’s the injury to Frost which didn’t seem like much:
Philippe Myers left the Flyers game in the first period, and did not return in the Flyers 3-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Following the game Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault said that Frost and Myers would have MRI’s on Wednesday. The Flyers flew to Boston and the news did not break until today. Here is a video of Myers injury:
The Flyers faithful began praying Tuesday night, and Flyers’ General Manager announced today that Frost would be out indefinitely, and Philippe Myers is sidelined on a week to week basis. Our immediate thoughts are it could have been worse for Myers, even though it sounds serious the Flyers can hopefully withstand a week to week basis for Myers. This means Morgan Frost is out until at least late March-Early April. This is a shame for a young man that had the best camp of his young career.
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Whatever the case may be the next man up theme has taken over Flyer land these days. Hopefully these unfortunate injuries will become a thing of the past in the distant future.
