HotToddy75
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- Jun 13, 2011
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I don't get this team and it's obsession with injuries. In 2009-10 the Oilers lost 530 man games due to injury and had 10 different guys that were shut down including Hemsky, Khabibulin, Smid, Gagner and Souray. This year, 368 man games lost. The team even keeps track of this stat! And posts it on its website! Most teams don't do that, and if they do, only for the current year (not a history going back 6 years). Type "NHL man games lost" into google, and the fourth website listed is "Oilers Injuries: Lead NHL in Man Games Lost". At this point, It's just starting to feel like an excuse to me.
My theory is that on playoff calibre teams, the players will play through injuries for each other. On teams like our Oilers, the players take every chance to sit out and stay healthy.
Would any of us risk a career to play an extra few games with the Oilers?