Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia is reporting that Owen Tippett has been banged up this week and did not attend Flyers practice on Friday. When asked about his forward's health, coach John Tortorella said Tippett was “[n]ot serious, (just) nicked up.” Sighs of relief for the organization.
Tippett has taken massive strides this season after coming over from the Florida Panthers in last year’s Claude Giroux trade. The forward has posted a career-high 39 points in 66 games in 2022-23 and has looked every bit the top-6 winger the Flyers hoped they were acquiring when they dealt their former captain.
In other Flyers injury news:
Charlie O’Connor of The Athletic passes along that Nicolas Deslauriers did not attend Friday’s optional practice. Deslauriers sat out the Flyers' 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday and is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury. While he has been reevaluated, no word as of yet if he will dress for Saturday's matchup with the Detroit Red Wings. This season, the 32-year-old Deslauriers has logged five goals and six assists in 70 games while playing just over ten minutes a night on the fourth line. His signing last summer was one of the more baffling moves in the NHL, as the Flyers elected to give a four-year contract with a modified no-trade clause to a player who has never been able to consistently score or remain in the lineup.
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