Originally Posted by
Scully
Teams never report key injuries, let alone any injuries, during the course of a postseason series because they obviously don't want the news to leak out to the opposing team.That's why it wasn't reported earlier.
As for injuries and how they (Flyers) seemingly have them every year, I'm not totally sure what you mean by that comment.
I don't recall any serious injuries of this nature last season when they went to the conference finals.
Afterall, lets face it, a separated shoulder is a separated shoulder and as for Mike Richards, their captain, having surgury to repair both shoulders, which are damaged, is really not a case to draw or add suspicion of any sort.
In closing, I certainly wouldn't consider either of these cases to their two best players an excuse nor would I call the ridiculous hooking call against Carter on Malkin in the dying minutes of game two, which led to the tying goal, an excuse either!
Then again any other player other than #71, besides Crosby of course, and that call would most definitely have been ignored.