Flyers Defenseman Returns From Injury Reserve

by admin October 21, 2024

written by admin October 21, 2024

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Nick Seeler is officially back from his stint on the Injury Reserve, where he was placed after taking a puck to the knee that left him with significant numbness in his right leg.

Nick Seeler at Flyers practice on Oct. 21.

Megan DeRuchie-The Hockey News

Seeler, who has not been able to skate in any of the Flyers’ five NHL games so far this season, was back on the ice for practice on Oct. 21 and confirmed that he will be back in the lineup for the Flyers’ game against the Washington Capitals on Oct. 22.

The defenseman, who has drawn high praise for his shot-blocking, said that the puck hit him in “just the right place”—the knee area where there was no padding to protect him.

“The numbness was on the whole outside of my right led and into my foot,” he described. “It took a week and half, two weeks, to start feeling normal and then we’ve just been working on stability… We’ve progressed pretty well here in the last couple of days.”

Although it was frustrating for Seeler to have to watch his team kick off their season from the sidelines, he highlighted that because he was dealing with the puck hitting a nerve, “we did treatment, different treatments every single day, but at the end of the day, I think it just has to come back on its own.”

He also confirmed that the numbness lasted “a lot longer than we all expected” and that it was “something that I have never experienced.”

While it can be anxiety-inducing to not have a clear timeline for when the numbness would subside, especially in a case that Seeler said was new to both him and the training staff, Seeler said “it felt great to be out [fully participating in practice]…I’ve got some tape for stability and [today’s] the best I’ve felt.”