Chris VandeVelde was placed on injured reserve Thursday.

VandeVelde was placed on injured reserve Thursday.

Analysis:

VandeVelde was set to miss his third straight game with the lower-body injury and the Flyers needed to open up a roster spot for Michael Raffl (ankle), so it made sense for the team to move VandeVelde to IR. The forward hasn't resumed skating since suffering the injury last week, making it difficult to gauge when he might be able to return.