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With defenseman Randy Jones set to return to the Philadelphia Flyers‘ lineup, possibly Tuesday night against the Islanders, after missing the first quarter of the season recovering from extensive hip surgery, the rumor is that former coach Ken Hitchcock is trying to get Jones to play in Columbus.

The Flyers are right up against the salary cap, and losing $2.75 million with another defenseman, Ryan Parent (shoulder injury), also ready to come back apparently gives the rumor legs. Even with newly acquired Matt Carle having missed the last three games with back spasms, the Flyers are about to have a logjam at the position.

In the emergency created by the injuries to Jones and Parent, the Flyers traded for Carle and Andrew Alberts, and kept 18-year-old Luca Sbisa instead of sending him to juniors. (I don’t care what anyone says, if there were no injuries, Sbisa would be back in juniors right now.)

So there is room for rumors.

Well, Hitchcock’s reaction was, "Where did you hear that?" And his answer was, "No. It’s not true. But I hear that teams are calling."

To which Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said simply, "No."

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