WESTMINSTER, Calif. - Seems every time we talk to a Flyer we find out something new about their health status.
In recent weeks, we found that Matt Read definitely had a concussion at the start of November and missed three games; we found that while Chris Pronger had a virus last week, it was really his left knee that was keeping him out of the lineup.
And today, goalie Ilya Bryzgalov told us that he was fighting a bad cold last week, couldn't stop coughing, and still is fighting cold symptoms but expects to play this weekend.
"I was sick," he said today.
Bryz says he is focusing on Anaheim so we interpret that to mean he will start that game. How it goes could very well determine who plays Saturday at Phoenix.
Coach Peter Laviolette totally dismissed Bryzgalov's cold as a reason for his benching last week, saying while his goalie was sick, the bottom line is that the staff was rewarding Sergei Bobrovsky for some stellar relief work.
And I believe Lavy when he says that. And I also believe BOB should have been in net last week.
What I'm not sure of is how much Bryz's illness had to do with his poor play in the goal.
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Jaromir Jagr says he feels really strong and will be back on Friday, as well.
We told you before about Jagr's acupuncture treatments but we learned today that they are accompanied by an injection of electric steam into the damaged muscle tissue at the point of the needle.
Jagr insists this steam injection is a critical difference in his acupuncture treatments over standard treatments.
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