The Loss of Broberg and Holloway Gripe Thread

MoontoScott

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Both have been injured often so this isn’t really surprising. Don’t expect them to be healthy much throughout their careers.
Agreed---For some reason certain players are more prone to injury than others. Even coaches and trainers admit that they don't understand why. It's the same in football. It might be attributable to "playing style" but that's hard to quantify.

I'm sure that the injury history of Holloway and Broberg came into play when the Oilers pondered the right to match.
 

Stoneman89

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Glad he's okay, that can be really scary. But almost eerily ironic that neither of them can escape their injury legacy from their time with us, fluke or otherwise. Neither of them made it to December without something happening to them. Cursed, unlucky or injury prone, or a combo, who knows.
 

Jimmi McJenkins

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Glad he's okay, that can be really scary. But almost eerily ironic that neither of them can escape their injury legacy from their time with us, fluke or otherwise. Neither of them made it to December without something happening to them. Cursed, unlucky or injury prone, or a combo, who knows.
Watching the video, it's terrifying, because he finishes a shift after getting hit, then he's laid out on the bench. Crazy, I'm glad he's ok.
 

K1984

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Glad he's okay, that can be really scary. But almost eerily ironic that neither of them can escape their injury legacy from their time with us, fluke or otherwise. Neither of them made it to December without something happening to them. Cursed, unlucky or injury prone, or a combo, who knows.

There seem to be some players that can't seem to avoid IR no matter what, and it isn't even like they re-aggravate the same injury.

These two definitely fit into that camp unfortunately.
 

Stoneman89

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There seem to be some players that can't seem to avoid IR no matter what, and it isn't even like they re-aggravate the same injury.

These two definitely fit into that camp unfortunately.
Klefbom was our poster boy for that. The guy picks up a virus while in the hospital recovering from an injury surgery. Tough to beat that one.
 

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