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Originally Posted by HockeyInTheHimalayas

Indeed the ice has appeared especially poor this season. Just a reminder, and it's a shame that the ice condition is the reason why Sven Baertschi is injured with a hip flexor.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...274/story.html

While I don't disagree that the ice has been awful, when you have 23 NHL skaters tearing up a surface, ice ruts are a fact of life. Blaming them for Sven's injury is silly.