From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Subject: FLYERS notes 9/30
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:07:49 GMT


Tough loss to the Lightning last night. On one hand, I'm happy to see
TBL having a good pre-season, but on the other hand the FLYERS are
now 2 games below .500 in the preseason with only 3 left. Not a good
sign.

It was the first game Eric has played in that he didn't score in, but
Mark Recchi picked up 2 goals...what a line this is going to be.

Injuries:

Tommy Soderstrom out 3 weeks with a heart condition. More about that later.
Andrei Lomakin day-to-day with bruised ribs
Claude Boivin day-to-day with a shoulder problem
Gary Galley out indefinitely with an unknown health problem
Dan Kordic day-to-day (I don't recall his injury)
Ric Nattress day-to-day (I don't recall his injury)
Steve Kasper day-to-day still recovering from knee surgery

Soderstrom has a heart condition (long name, can't remember) which apparently
is causing him an irregular heartbeat. He will undergo a surgical procedure
where a catheter will be inserted into his heart, the problem area "will be
zapped (Mike Emrick)" and he'll be fine from then on. It's a standard
procedure and apparently it is a somewhat common ailment. He will be able
to continue with light workouts both before and after the procedure, he just
won't be able to play for three weeks.

Darryl Reaugh will be Roussel's backup. He looked good for two periods last
night, but had no defense in the 3rd. Brian Benning left during the second
period and did not return. I don't know his status.

The defense was looking better last night. Ryan McGill continues to improve.
After the first preseason game I said that Gord Hynes would have to improve
300% (or something like that) to remain on the team. Well, it seems he's done
that. I don't see any of the horrible mistakes any more. He still has a way
to go, and I'd like to see him spend a little time in Hershey, but he's
definitely improving.

As I said, there are 3 pre-season games remaining. Boston tonight and
tommorrow night in Jacksonville and Atlanta respectively and Washington
Saturday at the Spectrum.

Looks like Eklund-Lindros-Recchi and Pederson-Brind'Amour-Dineen are locks.
Butseyev is emerging as a solid defensive center, and he works well with
Lomakin (since they each played for the same team the year before they became
FLYERS I assume they were teammates, but I don't know if they were linenmates)
so I expect Dineen to pair them and add a RW to make the checking line, but
I don't have a guess at who that RW will be. Acton will probably center the
4th line. Although I could see either Acton or Conroy on that 3rd line as RW.

Dineen is giving Eklund every chance to come back. That's good. But so far
Eklund hasn't done anything. Of course, the FLYERS don't have any left wings
that really HAVE done anything other than Pederson who is having some really
good nights, but didn't do anything noticable last night. With Lomakin hurt,
there's no way to know if he's going to play like he did early last season
(when he looked great) or the way he played late in the season after his
injury when he didn't look good at all.

pete clark jr. rsh FLYERS contact


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