Flyers Breakup Day: Injuries a Dominant Theme

Once a playoff run ends, as it did for the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, word of injuries that were present and played through tends to surface quickly. The biggest injury news from Tuesday’s breakup day for players was about a player who didn’t see the ice in the second round.

Owen Tippett was unable to play against the Carolina Hurricanes. He confirmed that he had a sports hernia that he was managing, but internal bleeding was what held him out of the lineup.

“Obviously didn't feel 100 percent fully and I think it was a day after or two days after Game 6,” Tippett said. “But again, I don't know exactly the moment or you know, play or situation or whatever that had happened.

“I was doing everything I possibly could to get back out there. It wasn't anything else I really could have done other than just wait until all the tests and scans came back the way they needed to come back. Who's to say if we push this out a little bit longer, I'm back on the ice now and back in full contact. I truly don't know how else to put it other than it was just a day-to-day and I needed to wait until all the tests and stuff came back.”

Noah Cates was out for the series following Game 2 against Carolina, and confirmed that his injury was a broken foot.

“Just shot off the foot and just wasn't good enough to go with some different things going on with it,” Cates said, “so just unfortunate bounce and kind of a nothing play.”

Cates said he will not need surgery and recovery time is typical about a month.

It was rumored that Cam York was playing through injuries, possibly a fractured rib. York didn’t go into details, but did confirm he had a rib injury.

“I banged up my rib in Game 2 of the Pittsburgh series,” York said. “It was fine, was able to play through it. Playoffs, you don't want to miss games or anything like that. It was so hard to get days off to like heal and kind of advance your body.”

Dan Vladar confirmed he was banged up in Game 3 against the Penguins. He did not disclose the injury, noting that three-quarters of the team was dealing with something, but did say the injury will prevent him from playing at World Championships for Team Czechia.

“I don't consider myself a warrior,” Vladar said. “There's other guys that should be getting credit for playing through injuries.”

Vladar added it shouldn’t affect his training in the offseason.

There were rumors that Christian Dvorak had a separated shoulder and was playing through it. Dvorak chose not to disclose his injury.

“There's no excuses either way,” Dvorak said. “You know, everyone's playing through something. Everyone's dealing with things and you just got to play through it and try to perform.”

Rodrigo Abols was injured in January and ruled out for at least two months at the time. He never returned during the season, suffering a broken fibula and additional muscular injuries in the same area.

While some Flyers were playing through significant injuries, there were others that don’t expect to have much recovery.

Travis Konecny said he wasn’t dealing with anything major physically. Tyson Foerster returned from injury after a four-month recovery and certainly hit a wall during the playoffs. Rasmus Ristolainen has spent offseasons constantly rehabbing, and finally reaches the end of a season with no major injuries.

For some Flyers, the road is not over. Porter Martone is joining Team Canada for World Championships.

“I've played at Michigan State this year, played at the World Juniors and then came here to Philadelphia and you almost played 20 games and went into a playoff run,” Martone said. “I love playing this game and it's tough to take me off the ice. It's tough to turn down a chance to represent your country and it's always a huge honor whenever you get asked. So I'm really excited and it should be a fun time.”

Kevin Durso is Flyers insider for 97.3 ESPN. Follow him on social media @Kevin_Durso.