MacK goes out of his way to train extra hard in the offseason every year, that's why he's by far the best conditioned athlete not just on the Avs but one of the best in the league. The rest of the team should take that as motivation to do the same.
Makar two different injuries so far bit concerning though? I mean almost every team goes through injuries, but for the Avs it happens bit too often and happens to too many players. Look at the Blues who play that hard, grinding style hockey, they almost never have injuries it seems like. Other than Tarasenko, who else has gotten hurt on that team? I'm not counting Bouwmeester because that was something different what happened to him. Also being young should give you an advantage on conditioning shouldn't it? 30 year old body has more wear and tear than a 20 year old body.
Yeah that's just one guy out for the entire season for the Blues. Avs have had bunch of key players hurt throughout the season. If the only injury Avs had was Rantanen out for a season like Tarasenko but everyone else stayed healthy, I'd take that instead of what they're going through where they lose different players in every game
Staying healthy is smarts, skill and some luck also, and as I mentioned conditioning helps too
