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The Flyers' competition on the back end come September training camp will be fueled by a big absence. Rasmus Ristolainen is expected to miss camp as he goes through a six-month recovery from another rupture to his right triceps tendon. He was out for the final 16 games of this season and ended up needing surgery March 26.
Last April, he had a procedure for a ruptured triceps tendon. "It was a little freaky, but right after the trade deadline, he had to get checked and they figured out that he needed to go under the knife for another surgery on his arm," Briere said last Saturday at his end-of-the-season press conference. "He's going to be out until probably the early parts of next season unfortunately.
" Briere wasn't shopping his 6-foot-4, right-handed defenseman at the March 7 deadline, but with his club in a rebuild, he was willing to listen. The Flyers weren't offered the price they wanted. Get top local stories in Philly delivered to you every morning.
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