The Philadelphia Flyers have moved Travis Konecny to injured reserve with an upper-body injury while recalling Egor Zamula from the minor leagues to take his roster spot.
Konecny has not played since Nov. 17, meaning a retroactive placement on IR would allow him to be activated whenever healthy. The forward was on the ice today (along with James van Riemsdyk and Scott Laughton), rehabbing his injury.
Zamula, meanwhile, is back after a short stint in the minor leagues. As Charlie O’Connor of The Athletic explains, the young defenseman was only sent down because of the Flyers’ busy schedule, which didn’t allow for much practice time.
Now at home for five games that all have at least one day between them, there will be plenty of time for Zamula to get on the ice with the rest of the NHL squad, even if he still ends up a healthy scratch at times.
The Flyers have lost 10 in a row and now sit seventh in the Metropolitan Division.
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