I have been chipping in intuitively that the impact of the Flames getting back Wideman and Glencross will be a significant factor in keeping them from having as bad a year as last year.
There posters that expect that injuries will happen … if not to Glencross and Wideman to some other important Flames are going to be hurt.
Looking through the internet for lost player games, how the Flames measured up to the rest of the league in that category and how the teams at the bottom of the league where impacted by injuries.
I came across a great site that does this exactly
http://www.mangameslost.com/end-2013-2014-regular-season-man-games-lost-chip-tmitt-april-14-2014/
This site not only tracks the man-games lost by player and team it attempts to quantify the impact several ways.
The ones that I find most interesting uses the lost games along with the importance of the players lost (TOI and Cap hit)
In pure games lost the Flames had the 12th most:
rank team games lost
1 Pittsburgh 529
2 Detroit 421
3 Winnipeg 349
4 Anaheim 334
5 Buffalo 302
6 Vancouver 299
7 Edmonton 298
8 Carolina 297
9 Columbus 297
10 San Jose 297
11 Florida 294
12 Calgary 289
13 Montreal 273
14 Minnesota 267
15 New Jersey 261
16 New York Islanders 253
17 Toronto 230
18 Washington 223
19 Colorado 204
20 Philadelphia 204
21 Boston 198
22 Tampa Bay 188
23 Chicago 179
24 St. Louis 156
25 Nashville 150
26 Dallas 139
27 Phoenix 135
28 New York Rangers 122
29 Los Angeles 100
30 Ottawa 88
However in Cap dollars lost the Flames were 3 rd
rank team cap lost
1 Pittsburgh 13,738,577
2 Detroit 11,440,813
3 Calgary 9,615,896
4 San Jose 8,241,087
5 New Jersey 8,045,041
6 Minnesota 7,170,014
7 Winnipeg 7,070,775
8 Colorado 6,986,463
9 Vancouver 6,885,650
10 Toronto 6,669,390
11 New York Islanders 6,145,645
12 Tampa Bay 6,022,256
13 Carolina 5,737,703
14 Boston 5,671,281
15 Montreal 5,465,102
16 Washington 5,209,722
17 Nashville 4,928,699
18 Phoenix 4,739,787
19 Anaheim 4,701,138
20 Los Angeles 4,074,113
21 Columbus 3,986,240
22 Florida 3,968,150
23 Chicago 3,906,465
24 New York Rangers 3,628,435
25 Ottawa 3,043,709
26 Edmonton 2,611,169
27 St. Louis 2,032,622
28 Buffalo 1,794,451
29 Dallas 1,569,512
30 Philadelphia 1,130,488
And in TOI lost the Flames were 2nd:
rank team TMIT- skater
1 Pittsburgh 3636
2 Calgary 2652
3 Winnipeg 2636
4 Vancouver 2544
5 New Jersey 2292
6 Detroit 2153
7 San Jose 1898
8 Anaheim 1886
9 Montreal 1881
10 Boston 1842
11 Minnesota 1819
12 Colorado 1602
13 Phoenix 1549
14 Carolina 1530
15 Toronto 1466
16 Columbus 1383
17 Washington 1367
18 New York Islanders 1272
19 Florida 1208
20 New York Rangers 1139
21 Ottawa 1044
22 Edmonton 881
23 St. Louis 881
24 Los Angeles 826
25 Tampa Bay 815
26 Buffalo 662
27 Chicago 620
28 Dallas 435
29 Philadelphia 393
30 Nashville 322