Although the Flyers already knew they would be without the services of star wing Tyson Foerster for a considerable length of time, the news on Wednesday had to be particularly sobering.
The team announced Foerster underwent arm surgery on Monday and will need approximately five months of recovery time.
That means he will be out of action for the remainder of the regular season.
No doubt it’s a blow to a team attempting to end a five-year playoff drought.
Foerster suffered the injury back on Dec. 1 in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
At the time of the mishap, Foerster was leading the team in goals scored with 10.
The original diagnosis had Foerster being sidelined for two to three months so Wednesday’s news was a bit more troubling.
The 23-year-old Foerster was the Flyers’ first-round pick (23rd overall) in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
A native of Alliston, Ontario, the 6-foot-2, 215-pound right wing broke into NHL play near the end of the 2022-23 season in which he played eight games, registering three goals/seven points.
Since then he has posted totals of 20 goals/33 points in 77 games for 2023-24 and 25 goals/43 points in 81 games for 2024-25.
Late last season he produced his first three-goal hat trick in an 8-5 win at the New York Rangers.
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