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Since taking a slapshot over his right eye, Ian Laperriere has become the face - the battered, bruised, scarred face - of this improbable Flyers playoff run. With his stitched-up forehead, damaged right eye and bruised brain, Laperriere has become a kind of folk hero and inspirational figure.
And that's all well and good, except for one small detail. Laperriere wants to play. As in: returning to the ice during this series against the Montreal Canadiens.
On a day when Jeff Carter took his first tentative strides in skates since breaking his foot, Laperriere quietly skated in contact drills.
His likely return raised this question: Are the risks getting too big? As much as we all admire and celebrate the toughness and sacrifice these guys are willing to make, where is...
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