Ain't This A Kick In The Head

I was all excited about the prospects the Flyers received in the Forsberg trade until I read the following this morning in the Inquirer:

As for [Ryan] Parent, the best bet for him right now is rest. He has missed two weeks of play with the Guelph Storm in the Ontario Hockey League because of a bulging disk in his back.

His strength is his skating. He has long strides. A couple of years ago, he took honors as the fastest skater among all Canadian Hockey League prospects in the 60-meter dash and full skate around a rink.

The question is: Will his skating stride adversely affect the disk?

"It's something we are looking into," he said. "We're waiting for it to be 100 percent so I don't get injured again skating. We want to build it up so it will be stronger."

Parent said that if the back becomes a "nagging" problem, he may have to alter his posture when skating. Of course, the Flyers need to monitor this situation.

"This is the first time it ever happened," Parent said. "It's nothing too serious. It just got to the point it wasn't helping me to play anymore."

The kid is 19 years old and he already has a bad back which will likely curtail his skating ability. Wonderful. We've traded for Mike Rathje Junior. I hate this deal already.

(In case you missed it, I've spent the last two posts talking Hockey and Nascar. Way to know your phan base, Tone.)