A night after Sergei Bobrovsky recorded his first career win, the Flyers annouce that Michael Leighton's back will require surgery. Leighton suffered the injury during his offseason workouts, however he recoved quickly enough to be ready for training camp. Though during the Flyers second preseason game Leights had to leave right before the shootout started due to his back. Leighton has not skated since and will now undergo surgery which could take him out of the Flyers line up anywhere from 6 to 10 weeks.
Bobrovsky and Boucher will be the Flyers top two until he returns or until Johan Backlund is healthy enough that he starts returning to form, after undergoing offseason hip surgery. There has been no word on who will get the start on Saturday night versus the Blues.
Leighton joins the long list of Flyers who will have gone through surgery in the past 5 monthes. Leino, Carcillo, Pronger, Backlund, Betts, and now Leighton.
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