It seems Kitchener’s consistently a smaller team in the league, especially recently.
I’d look over at Arber Xhekaj for protection. you can tell he wants to be that guy, but it seems like he fears that he’s always on thin ice to be in the press box the next game with the 7 defence
I don't think that's exactly true. It wasn't until recently where we had a "smaller" team...even then, I recall fans complaining we were too small compared to London last year after a loss I believe, and a Knights fan had to point out the Rangers were a little bigger than London on average.
Hawel and Sebrango aren't small and they are the most recently injured. I don't think its a "not knowing how to take a hit" issue as Sebrango is one of our most consistent, best hitter and takes hits with no negative outcome on a regular basis. Our injuries in our run a couple seasons ago, when we had sizeable team, were mostly to our bigger players, including Connor Hall who had the worst injuries...while our smallest player in those years in Gareffa has the longest iron man streak in recent Ranger history. It's all about balance and while we could use improvements in that area, prescribing one thing (ie. size) as the issue lead to simple, broad solutions to a more nuanced problem.
In 2017 Spits had 7 starters out of their line -up including Logan Brown and Logan Stanley - hurt their chances to host a playoff round. Every team has injury issues, you guys just notice your team more.
While there is no doubt the Rangers have injuries often and it seems at inopportune times, I have to agree with this for the most part. It would be nice to do a league wide study to know for sure, but it's simply too time consuming to feel like actually doing.
I wouldn't be surprised if we were in the top half of the league, but I doubt we would be league leaders by a statistically highly significant degree. All that is to say, I don't really think the injuries are attributable to something wrong the staff is doing. .
