Sestito needs surgery

February 17, 2012

Tom Sestito left Thursday night's game after a fight against Buffalo's Zach Kassian.

GM Paul Holmgren announced that Sestito has a lower-body injury. Now there are more details on that injury.

Sestito has a torn groin muscle that will require surgery to heal. The announcement was made via the Flyer's website, in their blog On The Fly.

Here is Paul Holmgren's statement:

"Sestito will have surgery to repair a torn groin muscle on Tue., Feb. 21," said Holmgren. "He will be out for 6-8 weeks."

Jagr and Meszaros expected back vs. Pittsburgh

CSNPhilly.com Contributor Ryan Bright reports that Jaromir Jagr and Andrej Meszaros are both expected to be back in the lineup Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Both did not play on Thursday night against the Buffalo Sabres.

The now 40-year old Jagr sat out while he was recovering from the flu.

Meszaros was listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury, but now appears to be ready to go.

JVR Update

In Bright's same report, he writes that James Van Riemsdyk is fully practicing wihtout limiting himself, which is clearly a good sign.

JVR has been out since January 12 with a concussion, but has since been upgraded from out indefinitely to day-to-day.

Van Riemsdyk has been going one day at a time to see how he feels, but hinted at a possible retrun on Saturday.

“We’ll see about Saturday. Maybe. We’ll see.”

Other News

Bright also reports that Danny Briere wore a no-contact jersey in practice. Briere's upper-body injury, that has him listed as day-to-day, is suspected to be a right shoulder injury.

In addition, just one day after scoring his first NHL goal, Erik Gustaffson has been sent back to the Adirondack Phantoms.

This move was made in order to clear a roster spot for Nicklas Grossman, who the Flyers acquired on Thursday from the Dallas Stars.

Gustaffson is not the first player to be sent back to the Phantoms after scoring his first goal in the NHL. Harry Zolnierczyck also scored his first, then was sent back to Adirondack the next day.