I mean Hronek’s injury wasn’t a result of wear and tear. It’s more of a freak accident on a rather small hit in which he lost his balance and slammed shoulder first into the boards.
I agree in general that management shit the bed with their free agent decisions on the back end.
My point isn't that the injury itself is bad luck, my point is that its bad management if one of your assumptions for success for your defense is that neither of your top two defensemen will be injured for any significant period of time.
Good management is all about contingency plans in the event that assumptions don't go as planned, and obviously, and especially in a cap world, you are only going to have so many contingencies. And I get that. But if you've got like a bottom five defense in the NHL if just one of your assumptions don't go as planned, then you've done a poor job managing the team.
But anyway, we also need to let things play out. While the defense looks dire at this point, its too early to write them off. And who knows, maybe one of their acquisitions will step up and exceed expectations?