Kimmo Timonen, who will miss his third straight game tonight, skated hard Thursday morning at Skate Zone.
Sources say Timonen has a back issue, but its not a herniated disk. He had played 248 consecutive games until his back began acting up on the Flyers' last road trip out west.
Timonen was on the ice at least 30 minutes with Ian Laperriere, doing sprints, circles and cut drills with cones. He appeared to be moving fine on his skates.
Im feeling good, but I cant do any interviews until next week, Timonen said. See you in April.
He was smiling. We dont think he intends to sit out until April, either.
General manager Paul Holmgren said he is taking it slowly with Timonen on his recovery to assure hes ready for the playoff grind that looms in the near distance.
Timonen turns 37 later this month.
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