Captain Pronger out indefinitely

December 9, 2011

So now the virus has become "concussion-like symptoms" based on the words of Flyer's GM Paul Holmgren.



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Chris Pronger, who has missed the last nine games with a virus and opting to have knee surgery, is now out indefinitely with concussion-like symptoms.
In fact, Holmgren, or anyone else in the organization for that matter, still has no idea what is wrong with Pronger.

"We got [Pronger] checked out (for a concussion) before our next game, which he missed," Holmgren explained to CSNPhilly.com, along with the other local media . "And then the dominoes started to fall with his knee and with what we said was a virus because we weren’t sure what we were dealing with. "

“It’s just been the last two or three days where he has had a fairly persistent headache and sluggish feeling. We are trying to do the right thing and get him checked out by the doctors in Pittsburgh and see what we’re dealing with."

Hopefully, the nature of Pronger's symptoms will become way more clearer after he is checked by doctors in Pittsburgh.

However, the Flyers have actually been playing pretty well during Pronger's absence. Kimmo Timmonen, Braydon Coburn, Matt Carle, and Andrej Meszaros have holding up just fine on defense, and rookies Marc-Andre Bourdon and Kevin Marshall have played well on defense also.

Also, Ilya Bryzgalov is getting noticeably more comfortable in goal for the Flyers, and the offense continues to find ways to put points on the board.

Hopefully they can keep it up, but you would still like to have your captain in the lineup regardless.


Schenn also out with concussion

Though the news concerning Pronger was considerably of higher interest, Holmgren also addressed forward Brayden Schenn's situation.

Schenn has missed the last two games with a reported upper-body injury, and now Holmgren announced that Schenn will be inactive throughout the weekend.

It was then reported on the Flyer's website that Schenn is believed to have a mild concussion, and will be out indefinitely.

Schenn has been struggling to stay in the Flyer's lineup for much of the season so far. First with a shoulder injury that prevented him from starting the season with the Flyers, then a broken foot that sidelined him for a few more weeks. Now his concussion will force him to sit out again.