DAChampion
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- May 28, 2011
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I guess if Dach misses an entire season again, Newhook misses 35% of the season again, Slafkovsky stagnates at 50 points, Caufield shoots historically low again, Hutson has no impact on our PP, Guhle/Xhekaj/Barron/Struble/Harris make no improvements defensively and Roy produces like a green rookie.
It won't necessarily be Dach and Newhook missing a lot of games, but yes we should expect injuries in any given year. It could also be that Dach and Newhook play 160 games but Suzuki, Caulfield, and Slafkovsky miss 30 games each. The same is true on defense.The team has also lost Monahan.
But hey, even if we assume as you do that there are zero injuries and that every young player progresses, then it makes even more sense to add a good forward, because that can mean winning one more playoff round.