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Marc Staal out long-term with upper-body injury

Related Topics: Marc Staal, Rasmus Ristolain

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Marc Staal will reportedly be sidelined four to six weeks after suffering some sort of upper-body injury. The report was initially released by Anthony Di Marco, and it was confirmed by Charlie O’Connor.

Sounds like Marc Staal will be out 4-6 weeks.#LetsGoFlyers

Can confirm that it right now looks like Marc Staal is going to be out for an extended period of time. @ADiMarco25 had it first.

Rasmus Ristolainen is closing in on a return, so he'll presumably take his place once he's cleared.