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MadLuke
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Mike Keenan blues was one of the first to come up to mind:
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42 skaters, 4 goaltenders for 46 players used, 35 playing more than 10 games, 17 players involved in a trade on that roster I think (from or to St-Louis)
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42 skaters, 4 goaltenders for 46 players used, 35 playing more than 10 games, 17 players involved in a trade on that roster I think (from or to St-Louis)
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One that came to mind was the 1989-1990 Quebec Nordiques.
Terrible team that used 42 different skaters + 7 different goals (49 total players). Keep in mind Quebec made (6) in-season trades and claimed (2) players from waivers.
Terrible team that used 42 different skaters + 7 different goals (49 total players). Keep in mind Quebec made (6) in-season trades and claimed (2) players from waivers.
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The '83 - '84 Penguins dressed 48 players.
In addition to being a terrible team, they must've had a lot of injuries....only 4 players played 70 games and only 3 more played 60 games.
In addition to being a terrible team, they must've had a lot of injuries....only 4 players played 70 games and only 3 more played 60 games.
2008-09 Lightning had a total of 50 players (45 skaters, 5 goalies) play at least 1 game, possibly the largest in the cap era.
I also recall some mention at the time about them using an unusual amount of defencemen as well (22 total), but I don't know where that stands all-time.
I also recall some mention at the time about them using an unusual amount of defencemen as well (22 total), but I don't know where that stands all-time.
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1991-1992 Bruins should be the most ever for the skaters at least and with a good margin for the second most.
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51 skaters with 4 goaltenders for 55 players that season.
Only 36 of the 51 skaters played 10 games or more too, very similar to the 95-96 Blues in that regards.
Close enough are the
North stars of 87-88 and Tampa bay of 99-2000 with 47 skaters
03-04 Capitals with 46
Insladers of 95-96 with 45
Tampa bay of 2008-2009 mentionned above would be the most with the 2018-2019 Ducks of the cap era with 45 skaters
Boston Bruins 1991-92 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com
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51 skaters with 4 goaltenders for 55 players that season.
Only 36 of the 51 skaters played 10 games or more too, very similar to the 95-96 Blues in that regards.
Close enough are the
North stars of 87-88 and Tampa bay of 99-2000 with 47 skaters
03-04 Capitals with 46
Insladers of 95-96 with 45
Tampa bay of 2008-2009 mentionned above would be the most with the 2018-2019 Ducks of the cap era with 45 skaters
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1991-1992 Bruins should be the most ever for the skaters at least and with a good margin for the second most.
Boston Bruins 1991-92 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com
The roster, scoring and goaltender statistics for the 1991-92 Boston Bruins playing in the NHL.www.hockeydb.comNHL Stats
The official source for NHL Stats including skaters, goalies, teams stats and more.
51 skaters with 4 goaltenders for 55 players that season.
Only 36 of the 51 skaters played 10 games or more too, very similar to the 95-96 Blues in that regards.
Close enough are the
North stars of 87-88 and Tampa bay of 99-2000 with 47 skaters
03-04 Capitals with 46
Insladers of 95-96 with 45
Tampa bay of 2008-2009 mentionned above would be the most with the 2018-2019 Ducks of the cap era with 45 skaters
Wow, good find! I just checked and at least 28 of them played for the Maine Mariners that season, and the roster count for the Mariners was 49, meaning the two teams carried 76 players between them in order to keep the Bruins supplied with healthy players. This could be the winner, unless somebody can dig up another team with more than 55.
I looked at a handful of other teams at random, and it seems hitting the mid-to-high 40s as a roster count hasn't necessarily been as unusual as we might think. Wondering if any other teams managed to dress 50 or more.
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The least recorded could be those 2 9 skater + 1 goaltender rosters :
Obviously, hockeydb/others could be missing data.
Hamilton Tigers 1921-22 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com
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Ottawa Senators 1922-23 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com
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Obviously, hockeydb/others could be missing data.
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2003-04 NY Rangers had 50 players that season, 45 skaters 5 goalies.
1995-96 Isles came close with 49, 4 being goalies.
1995-96 Isles came close with 49, 4 being goalies.
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All those teams missed the playoffs except the one at the top. Interesting!
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Just bumping to see if there are any others. Also just noting that part of my original question was unanswered:
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Montreal lost 731 man games to injury this past year. That's going to be tough to beat.
Now, whether that's the record for most impactful players, I can't say...
Probably a tough database query to join, but maybe using ice time from the previous season, one could imperfectly determine a proxy of "most impact man games lost" in a year...
Cumulatively, Pittsburgh is/was a big injury prone team. They're certainly the most-accomplished-despite-injury team this side of the lockout.
Now, whether that's the record for most impactful players, I can't say...
Probably a tough database query to join, but maybe using ice time from the previous season, one could imperfectly determine a proxy of "most impact man games lost" in a year...
Cumulatively, Pittsburgh is/was a big injury prone team. They're certainly the most-accomplished-despite-injury team this side of the lockout.
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I read that Montreal indeed has the record. Previously it was the 2003-2004 LA Kings, with 629 man games lost.
Arizona almost broke this record in 2021-2022 as well, with 627 man games lost.
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Can’t vouch for it…but apparently there’s a bunch of injury data (including various weighted man-games lost measures) at this place:
Index
Can’t answer the question about the most players used in a season but you’ll find injury totals for each team back to 2000/01 there.
FWIW I still had last year’s Habs below the 03/04 Kings’ MGL “record” (which isn’t any sort of official record anyway), as I was counting Weber as retired and excluded a stack of games missed by two players on Season Opening IR that really weren’t ever going to be on the roster.
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Can’t answer the question about the most players used in a season but you’ll find injury totals for each team back to 2000/01 there.
FWIW I still had last year’s Habs below the 03/04 Kings’ MGL “record” (which isn’t any sort of official record anyway), as I was counting Weber as retired and excluded a stack of games missed by two players on Season Opening IR that really weren’t ever going to be on the roster.
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Thanks for adding insight & resources, fellas. The injury viz is an interesting resource. Also found this thread speculating on most trades: Most trades a team made in one season
It would be interesting to see a season by season tracking of roster turnover (which includes trades, signings, prospect promotions, retirements, releases, etc) and data map that against man games lost to see if there are any statistical correlations over time that measure the impact of the number of players dressed to team success. Obviously the quality/importance of a player in a turnover or games lost situation has a deeper impact, but I wonder if anything can be gleaned by looking at raw data in terms of number of roster players used per season.
It looks like the Habs dressed 46 players last year.
It would be interesting to see a season by season tracking of roster turnover (which includes trades, signings, prospect promotions, retirements, releases, etc) and data map that against man games lost to see if there are any statistical correlations over time that measure the impact of the number of players dressed to team success. Obviously the quality/importance of a player in a turnover or games lost situation has a deeper impact, but I wonder if anything can be gleaned by looking at raw data in terms of number of roster players used per season.
It looks like the Habs dressed 46 players last year.
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Looks like the Oilers hit 49 in 2013-14, which was in some ways the seasonal-nadir of the franchise.
There's obviously a correlation here between (a) lots of injuries and (b) suckage.
There's obviously a correlation here between (a) lots of injuries and (b) suckage.
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