Kiviranta is going to be on the top line come November because half the team is injured.
HOW does this team get hurt every. Single. Year. So. Much.
I think it comes down to the pace they play at. Not just strain on muscles, and poor body mechanics, from trying to do more than their body is capable of in that moment, but it has an impact on awareness and execution on plays for lack of a better phrase.
Trying to play at the pace they play, it would defy logic to think there isn't a shift here or there in a game, where they try to do something at a higher pace than they're comfortable with. Not to mention the contributing factor of fatigue impacting their awareness and body mechanics. Even just within a game, being more tired on a shift, than they might normally.
Most of the time nothing happens, but every once in a while something does. Since there are so many "events" that happen within the course of one game where "something" can happen, the risk increases.
Those moments add up real quick over the course of 82+ games, and that increases the odds of something happening probably quite a bit for the Avs versus other teams.