Injury Report: April 9 & 10 lines and D posted: Grossmann (knee) and Briere (back) both practiced

[SolidSnakeUS]

What's great is, even though Grossmann has been awesome for us, since he went out during the game, MAB really stepped up well.

[Vikke]

It's pretty amazing that neither Hartnell nor Simmonds has missed a game, considering their style of play.

[Peaches]

Was at the game today...dunno how it looked on TV, but Grossmann's knee got rocked...I would be surprised if it's actually day to day.

[BleedOrange]

I had a much, much bigger issue with Vitale even being in the game at that point. Back in the first period, he ripped a page out of the Bryan Marchment handbook in the way he recklessly -- I won't say deliberately, because it's hard to judge intent -- stuck out his leg to initiate knee-to-knee contact with Flyers' shutdown defenseman Nicklas Grossmann.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill-...-4212/45/43522

[Brostradamus]

Not good news:

@NHLFLYERS

INJURY UPDATE: #Flyers Danny Briere - out indefinitely with upper back contusion. Nicklas Grossmann - out 7-10 days with lower body injury

[JVR21]

Akeson, Akeson, Akeson

[healthyscratch]

Screw home ice, bring up all heavyweights and make Saturday ugly and take out some Pens to even it up.

[Cmoneyflyguy]

Originally Posted by LegionofDoom627

Not good news:

@NHLFLYERS

fudge

So that puts Grossman back for game 1 possibly?
Back contusion?
Yikes

[Beef Invictus]

What a brutal season for Briere.

I guess Bylsma has decided to start having his players target ours before the playoffs. Malkin headhunts Giroux, then you have all this nonsense.

[RJ8812]

what a a ****ing joke this league is

[flyaz4life]

Holmer reporting an upper back contusion.

Its all over twitter.. ill get a link shortly.

[flyaz4life]

http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?...id=DL|PHI|home

theres your link... its also on the home pg of the flyers website

all the haters will be happy i guess.. i think this sucks tho

[PJStock*]

I take it this kind of injury is pretty mild usually, no? No more than a week?

[GoneFullHolmgren]

Originally Posted by JVR21

Akeson, Akeson, Akeson

no.
no.
no.

[Crescent Street]

The injury thing game to game is just getting absurd. We're more than fortunate to have this depth but any team losing this many significant pieces would all but throw in the towel by now.

Pronger
JVR
Meszaros
Grossman
Briere

....When would game 1 of the playoffs be? Wednesday the 11th? Thursday?

Wednesday the 11th they start. Hope we get game 1 on Thursday though, extra time for the wounded to heal.

[thelos]

Very glad Briere isn't concussed

[captainpaxil]

Originally Posted by healthyscratch

Screw home ice, bring up all heavyweights and make Saturday ugly and take out some Pens to even it up.

no matter how much he plays jody shellys salary is only wasted if vitalle is there when the playoffs start.

[Cmoneyflyguy]

this Vitale guy needs to pay

[Gagne Come Back]

Noooooooooooooooo!

[JXC]

WTF is an upper back contusion

[sm0ka47]

Rinaldo should take a run at Sid or Malkin. Do one of his trademark charges.

[Broad Street Elite]

Originally Posted by Serge11

Very glad Briere isn't concussed

Back contusion is the 2012 virus

[JohnnyOnTheSpot]

If it's really just a back bruise, what's the big deal? They're probably just resting him.

[Beef Invictus]

Originally Posted by JXC

WTF is an upper back contusion

You see, when a man and woman love each other very much...


I'm not really sure. A nasty bruise?

[RevUpThoseGolfCarts]

A totally unnecessary hard hit late in the game when their team was losing that resulted in an injury.

The NHL really can't do anything about it, so the Flyers need to do something...