Sharks forward — a cancer survivor and former Flyer — aims to get back his old self
The only thing Oskar Lindblom is thinking about right now is trying to help the San Jose Sharks win hockey games. Cancer isn’t even on his radar.
In December 2019, Lindblom, then 23 and an up-and-coming forward for the Philadelphia Flyers, was enjoying a career season with 18 points in 30 games when he was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. He began treatment immediately and was sidelined for the rest of the regular season.
Lindblom, who turned 26 in August, returns to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center for the first time Sunday since he became a free agent this summer as the Sharks play the Flyers to complete a four-game road trip.Lindblom played 263 regular season games with the Flyers over five seasons, including 129 games over the last two years. Lindblom, though, had the final year of his three-year, $9 million contract bought out by the organization on July 2.
As part of their decision to part ways with a player who overcame Ewing’s sarcoma to create salary cap space, the Flyers donated $100,000 in Lindblom’s name to a Philadelphia organization that supports families who have been impacted by cancer.
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