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The Latest On Kimmo Timonen

01/29/2015 at 7:04pm EST

fom Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly,

The Kimmo Timonen saga took a bizarre turn Thursday night with Flyers coach Craig Berube saying during his pre-game meeting with reporters that the former All-Star defenseman was returning to the team.

A little over an hour later, general manager Ron Hextall, who hinted Wednesday that things were “moving along” in a positive manner for the Timonen's return, said Berube was wrong.

“There’s no definitive decision on Kimmo coming back,” Hextall said.

He said he hoped to have a final answer later this weekend and that Timonen still had not been medically cleared to play.

“There’s still a process going on and quite frankly, since I last talked to you guys, it has not moved forward,” Hextall said. “It’s at the same spot.”

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