The Flyers announced this morning that both Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne have right foot injuries and will miss Game 5 in New Jersey on Thursday ...

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Why is the Flyers can't ever seem to get through a playoff year without significant injuries?

First Jeff Carter suffers a fracture in his left foot that hampers him down the stretch and into the first 3 Games of this playoff series with the Devils and now Simon Gagne, who was soooo close to breaking out of his scoring slump, blocks a couple shots and has a broken right toe.

Gagne will have his foot further examined tomorrow. Remember the Pittsburgh Eastern Conference Finals a few years ago with Kimmo Timonen and his blod clot?

How about the Flyers losing most of their defensive corps against Tampa Bay in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals?

I know injuries are part of the playoffs but it seems the Flyers are soooo unlucky when it comes to blocking shots - see Eric Desjardins and Marcus Ragnarsson ...

I took the Flyers in 7 games. I think the Devils win Game 6 in Jersey and the series ends on Sunday in Philly.

Now here is the rub. The NHL doesn't have any series starting until the following THUR and FRI . That means if the Flyers clinch this weekend, they could be sitting around a week and we all know that the Flyers are NOT one of those teams who respond well to sitting around.

Recall the Olympic break? You get the idea.

Here's my game story on CSNPhilly.com:

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