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General manager Chuck Fletcher said Patrick, a
21-year-old who was the Flyers' first-round pick in 2017, will
be sidelined indefinitely and won't make the team's trip to
Europe for Monday's preseason game in Switzerland or the season
opener against the Chicago Blackhawks in Prague on Oct. 4.
Patrick, who consulted with the Flyers' medical staff and
University of Michigan specialist Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, has been
skating and working out on his own since missing training camp.
According to Fletcher, doctors don't believe Patrick's migraines
were related to concussions that forced him to miss the final
two games of the 2018-19 season.
"Our medical staff believes with the proper treatment, it'll be
under control," Flyers coach Alain Vigneault said before
Thursday's preseason game against the New York Rangers at
Madison Square Garden, via the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Hopefully, it'll be sooner rather than later. But the young man
has to get healthy, and I have to deal with the players that are
healthy right now, and he's not one of them."
Patrick, who collected 13 goals and 18 assists in 72 games last
season, is officially listed as week-to-week.
--Field Level Media
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