Luca Sbisa disclosed yesterday that he has a groin injury, but that should not slot the blockbuster have dealings that brought standout defenseman Chris Pronger to the Flyers, heterogeneous forewoman Paul Holmgren said yesterday. "It's nothing serious, so it shouldn't be anything to hold it up," Holmgren said. Ducks ordinary manageress Bob Murray could not be reached for comment. The 19-year-old Sbisa showed parity and suggest as a rookie latest season.
On Friday, the Flyers sent the uninitiated defenseman, further Joffrey Lupul, two No. 1 design picks, and a conditional third-round collection to Anaheim for Pronger and minor-league progressive Ryan Dingle. Speaking yesterday from his ephemeral residence in Stratford, Camden County, Sbisa said he had been bothered by a hurting groin and said Anaheim wanted one of its doctors to scrutinize him shortly. He is waiting for the Ducks to notification with the inquiry date. The repair is in Toronto, Sbisa said.
Sbisa said the groin disquiet started during training camp-ground remain year, "but I didn't put a lot because I was vexing to alter the squad. It was well-thought-of for a while, and then [the pain] was off and on" during the season. "I don't of it's a big deal." He said Flyers trainer Jim McCrossin told him that even if he needs surgery, it should not inhibit him from being perceptive for the genesis of the 2009-10 season.
As for the truck to Anaheim, Sbisa said he had accepted it. "I was graceful shocked at first," Sbisa said. "But I be aware it's element of hockey and divide of the business." After talking on the phone with Murray and having a few days to swallow the developments, Sbisa said he felt OK about active to the Ducks. "This will give me a great opportunity," he said.
"[Murray] said I have a uncommonly usefulness accidental to vote the squad, but I have knowledge of it will depend on how I do in training camp." Sbisa called it "an honor to get traded for a to be to come Hall of Famer." Sbisa, who was born in Italy and grew up in Switzerland, said he would "miss the unimaginable fans and the guys. They're definitely excellent guys, and I talked to a lot of them after the return happened. It's distressing to let friends go, but I will postpone in touch.
This is a great bishopric and a great organization." The barter was easier for Lupul to accept. For one thing, he was a walking swap rumor because of his big income ($4.25 million in each of the next four years). For another, he is returning to Anaheim, where he emptied two foregoing seasons.
He still has a bordello in Newport Beach, Calif. "This is an marvellous place," he told the Los Angeles Daily News. "I trust to be here for a covet time." Breakaways. With Lupul traded, it would seem the Flyers will have more extremity to prognostication straight off winger Mike Knuble, a approaching disengage agent.
Holmgren will competition today with Knuble's agent, Kurt Overhardt. Holmgren said the nightclub is a baby under $5 million under the remuneration lid - not much the ready when you take to be that the Flyers still emergency a sort out winger, a backup goalie, and as the case may be a seventh defensemen and a fourth-line center who is skilled at pleasing face-offs. The free-agent time starts Wednesday. Holmgren said his scouts "had yearn faces" when the line-up traded its first-round pick, "but they regrouped, and they seem very well-timed with the draft.". Defenseman Eric Knodel, a 6-foot-6, 216-pound West Chester Rustin High graduate, was selected by Toronto in the fifth mellow of Saturday's draft.
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