It has played out as most people figured it would in the last 48 hours:
Kimmo Timonen, despite a blood clot in his ankle, will play today in Game 5 of the Flyers-Penguins series. But Braydon Coburn, who suffered a 50-stitch cut from a deflected puck in Game 2, will not play.
"In his mind, he just doesn't feel right," Flyers coach John Stevens said, about a half-hour ago. "He sees well but he's just getting back on the ice and he just doesn't feel right. He's getting better as he moves along, but he's just not ready."
There has been no diagnosis of a concussion, but getting whacked in the head with a flying object has obviously had an effect beyond the cut. So, we'll see.
One unanswered question: who will Timonen, the Flyers' best defenseman, be paired with in his first appearance in the series? Coburn is his regular partner.
Rich Hofmann has been at the Daily News since 1980. He previously blogged the Eagles' postseason run in 2006. 
Ed Barkowitz was the first Philadelphia Newspaper journalist to write a blog, starting back in 2002.
Comments (1)
didn't matter too much, did it.
Posted by Dave | May 18, 2008 5:23 PM