SUNRISE, Fla. - Early yesterday afternoon, the Flyers made an announcement no organization ever wants to make.
Logan Pyett, a Canadian defenseman with the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, was diagnosed with sarcoma, a malignant tumor, in his upper left leg. Sarcoma is a rare form of cancer that affects soft tissue.
Pyett, 27, who signed a one-year contract this offseason after two years in Russia's KHL, is out indefinitely.
Pyett played as recently as the Phantoms' Sept. 30 preseason game in Wilkes-Barre. General manager Ron Hextall said Pyett feels good and hasn't been in pain, despite the tumor growing in his leg.