Philadelphia Flyers forward likely to miss entire season after serious injury, career could be in jeopardy
The Philadelphia Flyers were looking to bounce back from a disappointing season last year. With hopes of a returning Sean Couturier the Flyers had their mind set on a bounce back year, but that task just for tougher. Couturier was limited to just 29 games last year and now it appears his games played will be even lower this year.
Couturier began suffering from back pain during the season last year. After trying many non-surgical options without success, he opted to undergo surgery in February to repair the issue. Chuck Fletcher said the following at the time:
You try to do your best to avoid back surgery if you can, but ultimately the doctor and Sean felt confident that the best way to resolve this going forward would be to have this surgical intervention.
A few weeks ago it was announced that Couturier had received a clean bill of health and was set to return. Unfortunately though over the past few days Couturier began to experience pain in the surgically repaired location. Elliotte Friedman shared the following information:
The story was originally broken by Anthony SanFillippo:
If Couturier has suffered an injury in the same location as his previous injury this could unquestionably by career threatening. Hopefully he is able to find the cause of the issue to ensure he retains his quality of life.
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