The Flyers announced on Friday afternoon that winger Oskar Lindblom is expected to miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of cancer.
Lindblom didn’t travel with the Flyers on their current road trip and as such missed this past Wednesday’s game against Colorado (after missing practice on Monday due to what was called a maintenance day), but he did practice with the team on Tuesday in Philadelphia. The timeline that led to the diagnosis here is not known to the public as of yet.
At every possible level, this is absolutely devastating news.