With NHL players no longer going to the Olympics this year, the scheduled break has instead been populated with games previously postponed due to COVID-19 issues. The first of which, for the Flyers, is their first matchup against the Detroit Red Wings this season, moved from January 18 to tonight.
While everyone seemed to have a nice, relaxing, hockey-free past week—except for Claude Giroux who seemed to have a nice, relaxing, mostly hockey-free past week—the Flyers aren’t coming back any healthier than they were when January ended. They’re still without Sean Couturier, Kevin Hayes, someone named Ryan Ellis, and Joel Farabee.