Sbisa Recalled by NHL's Flyers

I was doing a little browsing over the internet today and came across this artical by Ed Moran of the Philadelphia Daily News.......
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With the Eastern Conference quarterfinals starting a day earlier than expected, the Flyers' management spent yesterday working on the full postseason roster. For general manager Paul Holmgren, that meant reviewing NHL call-up rules and juggling the lineup of the Phantoms, who begin postseason play Thursday against Hershey at home. What they settled on was calling up defenseman Luca Sbisa and forward Jared Ross and sending Andreas Nodl back to the Phantoms. According to coach John Stevens, switching Nodl for Ross will give the Flyers more depth at center.

"When we had [Ross] up earlier in the year, he did a good job for us and gave us another guy through the middle," Stevens said. "So Nodl is going to go down and we're going to move [Darroll] Powe to the right side." As planned, 19-year-old rookie defenseman Sbisa was recalled. He played 39 games with the Flyers this season before being sent back to junior hockey. He has been back with the Phantoms since his junior team was eliminated from the playoffs last week and already played two games. Whether he plays when the series begins tomorrow in Pittsburgh will depend on the health of fellow defenseman Ryan Parent.

Parent suffered a groin pull against Florida last Tuesday and missed two of the final three games, including the final game Sunday at home against the Rangers. Holmgren said Parent is improving and is probable to start the series, but until they know for sure, Sbisa is up on an emergency condition.

"Because [Parent] hasn't played we can recall Luca on an emergency condition, which isn't using a regular recall, and then there are some other things we're mulling over and we'll decide that today or tomorrow morning," Holmgren said. "Luca will stay with the Flyers. If everybody is healthy he will be a depth guy initially." There was some concern about Sbisa having lost weight from playing junior hockey. He was skating up to 30 minutes a game and came back lighter.
"He only lost about 9 pounds, but he had a hectic schedule there at the end and then he traveled and we put him in a couple of [Phantoms] games right away," Holmgren said. "He just needs a couple of days to recover.