The Flyers announced Wednesday that forward Noah Cates will miss the remainder of their second round playoff series against the Hurricanes due to a lower-body injury sustained in Monday's Game 2 overtime loss.
Cates is a versatile player for Philadelphia playing second- and third-line roles while playing key power-play and penalty-kill minutes.
Head coach Rick Tocchet said he will move Trevor Zegras to center, allowing him to keep Christian Dvorak, Denver Barkey and Sean Couturier in their current center roles, but did not say who would take Zegras' spot on first line's left wing.
Game 3 is Thursday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.
My take: These are often the toughest players to lose, like how the Penguins struggled when Blake Lizotte was injured. Cates is more than that to the Flyers with his special teams play on both units. Zegras has not done well at center this season, particularly on defense. A must-win game Thursday, so expect some line shuffling by Tocchet if things get off to even a so-so start.
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Flyers lose Cates to injury
The Flyers announced Wednesday that forward Noah Cates will miss the remainder of their second round playoff series against the Hurricanes due to a lower-body injury sustained in Monday's Game 2 overtime loss.
Cates is a versatile player for Philadelphia playing second- and third-line roles while playing key power-play and penalty-kill minutes.
Head coach Rick Tocchet said he will move Trevor Zegras to center, allowing him to keep Christian Dvorak, Denver Barkey and Sean Couturier in their current center roles, but did not say who would take Zegras' spot on first line's left wing.
Game 3 is Thursday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.
My take: These are often the toughest players to lose, like how the Penguins struggled when Blake Lizotte was injured. Cates is more than that to the Flyers with his special teams play on both units. Zegras has not done well at center this season, particularly on defense. A must-win game Thursday, so expect some line shuffling by Tocchet if things get off to even a so-so start.
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