The Philadelphia Flyers are currently three points outside of the ultimate Wild Card position within the Eastern Conference after recently going through a chronic losing skid, but they’ll need to proceed attempting to battle their way back right into a more advantageous position without forward Rodrigo Abols.
He was injured during Philadelphia’s 6-3 loss to the Latest York Rangers on Saturday, falling and appearing to twist his right leg while battling for a loose puck along the boards in the primary period. He wasn’t capable of put any weight on his leg while being assisted off the ice, and the update from head coach Rick Tocchet was not encouraging.
“It’s not good. I’m not going to get into it, however it’s not good,” Tocchet said of Abols following the sport.
On Tuesday, Tocchet confirmed that while Abols’ injury is not considered season-ending, he still won’t have the ability to play any time soon, via Kevin Kurz of The Athletic.
“Tocchet doesn’t get into specifics regarding Rodrigo Abols’ injury, but said his season isn’t necessarily over,” Kurz reported on X, formerly Twitter. “Still, it’ll be ‘months.’”
Since then, the Flyers have put Abols on Injured Reserve and called up forward Lane Pederson from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League.
Rodrigo Abols is playing in his first full season for the Flyers
Abols, who was a seventh-round (181st overall) pick of the Vancouver Canucks within the 2016 NHL Draft, is playing in his first full NHL season after having played the last several years within the Swedish Hockey League. To date in 42 games played, Abols has scored three goals with seven assists while racking up 22 penalty minutes.
He made his NHL debut with the Flyers last season, scoring two goals with three assists in 22 games played.
Moreover, he’s represented his native Latvia as a part of the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and he has also played for the Latvian national junior team.