The Flyers lost a valuable bottom-six forward Saturday.

Lukas Sedlak was placed on unconditional waivers and will head back to his home country for personal reasons.

The Czech Republic native was claimed off of waivers Oct. 19 by the Flyers. During the summer, he signed a one-year, $800,000 deal with the Avalanche after playing the previous three seasons in Russia for the KHL's Traktor Chelyabinsk.

Sedlak, who turns 30 years old in February, was a top-line player overseas. He played for John Tortorella's Blue Jackets from 2016-17 to 2018-19. He said his return to the NHL this season didn't bring him what he expected. He had missed playing a larger role and hadn't been home "really for the last 12 years," he said.