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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Honest question. People talk about his size as if he's more likely to get hurt because of his small size, but is that true? Looking at injuries this year, it seems like bigger players get hurt more. What about a smaller frame makes it more fragile? If muscles/flexibility are built at the same ratios, it stands to reason to me that injury risk is the same. I'd be more worried about play style anyways. A grinding player will get hurt a lot more than a shifty skilled player I would assume
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Bigger players tend to get hurt more often, because they play a more physical game, because their bigger frame is better used for it.
Look at it this way, A compact car, and a truck are built of the same material, and to meet the same safety standards, but trucks are going to end up in the shop for minor repairs more often, because they are used in a rougher manner. But, when that truck gets in a head on collision with that compact car, it's the truck that is driving away.
Since there are more "BIG" players in the NHL, you'll see a lot more minor injuries to those big players, but in cases when it's the small player being injured, it's more likely to be a serious injury.