I made a list of injury prone players that I will be adding to my pool draft list so I thought I’d post it to get some opinions on who could go on the list or who should be taken off. These aren’t necessarily players that should be avoided (even though I have them marked with a skull and cross-bones on my pool list ) but rather should be taken with caution. Keith Tkachuk is a good example as he’s only played more than 70 games twice in the past 6 seasons but is a PPG player, or close to it. He gets his points...
The following is what I have so far. Feel free to add or subtract from the list.
SKATERS ANA: Rucchin, Leclerc, R. Niedermayer ATL: Savard, Stefan BOS: Lapointe, Sergei Samsonov?, Joe Thornton? BUF: Warrener, Afinogenov? CGY: CAR: D. Markov CHI: Daze, Kapovtsev COL: Blake, Foote, Morris?, Paul Kariya? CBJ: DAL: Arnott, Turgeon, Boucher DET: Yzerman, Devereaux, Wallin, McCarty EDM: Smyth, Isbister, Laraque? FLA: V. Bure LA: Palffy, Allison, Deadmarsh, Miller, Belanger MIN: Hendrickson, Bombardir, Marshall, Dowd MTL: Koivu, Audette, Souray NSH: Legwand, Walker NJ: Adrian Foster NYI: Niinimaa, Peca? NYR: Lindros, P. Bure, Malakhov, Leetch? OTT: Schastlivy PHI: Leclair, Williams, Roenick PHO: Savage PIT: Abid, Rozsival, Melichar, Lemieux? STL: Weight, Tkachuk SJ: S. Thornton, McLaren TB: TOR: Antropov, Nolan, Roberts, Nieuwendyk, Mogilny? VAN: Ohlund, Linden, Salo, Chubarov, Lindgren WSH: Zubrus, Josh Green
Should they be on the list
BOS: Sergei Samsonov, Joe Thornton
BUF: Afinogenov
COL: Morris, Paul Kariya
EDM: Laraque
MIN: Dowd
NYI: Peca
NYR: Leetch
PIT: Lemieux
TOR: Mogilny
Alexander Karpovtsev
- missed 80+ games over last 3 seasons
Sheldon Souray
- missed 150+ games over last 3 seasons, including all of 2002-03
Sean Burke
Girard is not injury prone. However, he may be after his recovery from that car accident. Until we know how he recovers, I wouldn't say he is injury prone.
Kyle McLaren is injury prone.
Jeff Hackett is injury prone.
Byron Dafoe is injury prone.
I also think that PJ Stock is injury prone. His style of play, and his size are an injury waiting to happen.
I would consider Justin Williams, Simon Gagne, Jeff Hackett, Felix Potvin, Peter Forsberg, Owen Nolan, Nikolai Antropov, Manny Fernandez, Dan Cloutier, Ed Jovanovski, Mike Comrie, Brad Stuart, Maxim Afinoganov, and Rhett Warrener injury prone also.
Mario is not "multiple" injury prone. He's ONE injury prone, the same injury that keeps on coming. So I can understand he's on that list, but..
Straka. No. Urban legend.
Morozov. No. He missed some time last year but before that it was OK.
I would consider Justin Williams, Simon Gagne, Jeff Hackett, Felix Potvin, Peter Forsberg, Owen Nolan, Nikolai Antropov, Manny Fernandez, Dan Cloutier, Ed Jovanovski, Mike Comrie, Brad Stuart, Maxim Afinoganov, and Rhett Warrener injury prone also.
Mike Comrie has had one injury in his entire career and suddenly he's injury prone.
Where is Mattias Ohlund, Trevor Linden, Janne Niinimaa. They're injury prone.
__________________ "He just ate up Robyn Regehr for dinner, a spectacular play by Hemsky, and Robyn Regehr has got doo doo all over his face" - Rod Phillips call on Hemsky's goal vs the Flames
Add Ramzi Abid to that list, i don't remember the last time he played a full year, i like the guy but the stats say it all, has never played 70 games in a season.
Players under the suggested category I'm not so sure about adding or removing from the list.
Lemieux has been left on since he will miss games but he'll exceed a PPG anyway so it almost doesn't matter. If there's more votes to take him off I will though.
gotta keep Jumbo Joe Thornton away from those bacteria-filled elbow pads!
don't know if you can consider staph infection an "injury" or not....but it did put him in the hospital last year.
also, add Samsonov please.
and Berard- permanently injured list w/that right eye.
) but rather should be taken with caution. Keith Tkachuk is a good example as he’s only played more than 70 games twice in the past 6 seasons but is a PPG player, or close to it. He gets his points...
