It seems like Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier is getting a little bruised and battered during the pre-season.
Most recently, the Flyers announced that Couturier is day-to-day with an upper-body injury on Monday.
That might not be the only thing that’s ailing the 22-year-old, as Flyers beat writers including CSNPhilly.com’s Tim Panaccio batted around the idea that the two-way forward may have also hurt his knee/lower body at some recent point:
Statement from Flyers on Couturier is vague as to where this injury happened since upper body does not jive w/slash he took in knee
— Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchRET) September 28, 2015
Per Hextall, Sean Couturier day to day with upper-body injury and should be ready for opener. Different injury than suffered Tues. #Flyers
— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) September 28, 2015
NHL teams seem content with throwing up smoke screens about injuries more or less all year round now, so maybe the most useful thing to key on is “day-to-day.”
With the regular season rapidly approaching, Couturier’s health will be one of the Flyers’ issues to monitor.