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Lindblom joins Flyers for playoffs after cancer treatment

Lindblom is with the team for the first time since he was diagnosed with bone cancer in December.

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FILE - Philadelphia Flyers' Oskar Lindblom (23) moves the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Weeks after he completed bone cancer treatments, Lindblom returned to the Philadelphia Flyers to begin the unlikeliest of comebacks. Lindblom says he’s “happier than ever” to be back on the ice and skated with Flyers in Toronto Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, before they played Montreal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference playoffs. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

TORONTO, ON — Oskar Lindblom joined the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL playoff bubble in Toronto.

Lindblom is with the team for the first time since he was diagnosed with bone cancer in December.

There is no timetable for a return to the lineup.

Lindblom turned 24 on Saturday and a day later he received a rousing applause from the Flyers hours before they prepared for their playoff game against Montreal.

Lindblom had 11 goals and 18 points in 30 games this season.