Cascading injuries

[LadyStanley]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-teams-are-most-at-risk-to-lose-more-players/

Interesting look at how injuries can cascade (e.g., 3rd line player used to X minutes elevated to 2nd line because of injury and plays more minutes -- more wear/tear and opportunities to be injured).

In analyzing injury data across the 2010-2015 seasons in the NHL, we can see that the probability of losing contributing players from the active roster relative to them remaining healthy actually declines as injuries mount, but at certain specific thresholds there are spikes where the probability jumps. That’s concerning.

Looks at the cap hit as thresholds of where major concerns might be.

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