In what has become a classic Flyers play, Braydon Coburn will not play in Game 5 after all.

Despite his assertion that he was ready to go. Despite the thought by the coach and general manager that there was a chance, there was really never a shot of Coburn playing today.

Although they won't admit it, Coburn does have a concussion.

Typical Flyers fare.

Frankly, it's frustrating... both from a writer's perspective and that of the fans.

When blatantly lying to the media and their fans the Flyers should take this thought into consideration:

Philadelphia fans are disenchanted with Eagles coach Andy Reid because he chooses not to share information with them - leaving them as "need-to-know status."

It's frustrating - just divulge the information. If the kid has a concussion - call it a concussion. Keeping these head injuries secret is a bad practice.

One of these days, somebody is going to play with a concussion, with full disclosure to the team, and get hurt again - even worse.

Every sport has a dark cloud of some sort... hockey happens to have a concussion problem.

And the Flyers are one of the most egregious offenders.