Players who were considered injury prone, but then recovered and had some impressive seasons after that

[Kshahdoo]

I start with Crosby.

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[jetsforever]

Stamkos maybe?

 

[tarheelhockey]

Jeff Skinner has been one hit away from retirement for about 10 years now.

 

[Svencouver]

Chris Tanev

 

[carjackmalone]

Paul Reinhart
Wendel Clark

 

[Boud]

Tarasenko is a prime example. Multiple shoulder injuries and didn't play much for a few years. Has been healthy and playing well lately.

Martin Havlat.

 

[njdevils1982]

Letang.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Stamkos maybe?

And Kucherov

 

[HockeyFan100]

Bergeron?

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Guy in my avatar looked like he was done at one point

48 games played as a 30 years old
7 games played as a 31 years old
13 games played as a 32 years old

Missing 178 games in 3 seasons, at that age, makes the alarm bells go off big time.

But Markov came back in full force. The next four season, he missed a total of 2 games and was awesome offensively and defensively.

Then he played one final season at 37 tears old, where he missed 20 games. Some decline in his play was starting to show but he could have easily played another season in the NHL under the right circumstances

 

[Oddbob]

Nik Kronwall was injured quite a bit at the beginning of his career. Ended up playing 15 seasons.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Justin Williams.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Evgeni Malkin.

Guy's hasn't missed one game over the past 2 seasons.

 

[CanadienShark]

Markov hasn't been mentioned, so I'll throw him out. He had some really great years post injury.

 

[NyQuil]

Markov hasn't been mentioned, so I'll throw him out. He had some really great years post injury.

4 posts up.

 

[CanadienShark]

4 posts up.

Shoot lol. That's literally the only post I missed, guess my thumb scrolled a little quick! My bad.

 

[Mulletman]

Brent Burns used to be fragile like a twig up until 2014. but he hasn't missed a single game in the last 10 years. Burns never had a 50 point season during his first 10 years in the NHL, but he's had 7 50 point seasons since.

 

[PaulD]

Saku Koivu

 

[Trash Panda]

Justin Williams.

I came here to post the same.

The guy looked all but cooked when LA traded for him, and he was an absolute unit for them during his tenure.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I seem to remember Gary Roberts having struggles with injury. He had a very good later-half of his career. He was never a point per game player, but even in Florida his numbers were decent.

 

[NyQuil]

Alfredsson had three straight seasons under 60 games early in his career.

He was later known for his longevity and how he continued to improve as a player well into his 30s.

 

[pi314]

Rick DiPietro is coming back strong in 2037 when he needs the money again.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Mikael Backlund once they gave him the mesh.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

I seem to remember Gary Roberts having struggles with injury. He had a very good later-half of his career. He was never a point per game player, but even in Florida his numbers were decent.

If I remember correctly, Roberts had to retire because of bad back. After some time off and incredible amount of rehab effort, he was able to return after that and was still successful.

 

[OysterForever]

How about Makar and J. Hughes?

Hopefully in ten years we can post guys like Puljujarvi and Slafkovsky into this thread.