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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Any player could miss 15 games, it's not a predictable thing unless the player has a history with the same type of injury. Giordano's injuries have been freak occurrences for the most part so predicting one is stupid. Does Cullen think Gio is going to suffer a severed achilles tendon or a cracked sternum? What injury specifically does he think he will suffer? Or is it, 'he missed time the last two seasons so he'll likely miss time this season too."? Dumb logic.
I like how Hudler is going to drop 20 points and Monahan and Gaudreau will stay relatively close to last season. Does he foresee Hudler not playing on their line? I could see a 10 point drop but 20 is the literal worst case scenario (without injury). Predicting worst case scenarios is dumb IMO (Gio missing 15 games and Hudler dropping by 20 points are exactly that) but I see he doesn't apply that logic to his Oiler projections...
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Hudler has played what 6-8 seasons in the NHL? He eclipsed his previous career points by 19 last year. Is it really that disingenuous to suggest he may regress?
Gio hasn't played more than 64 games in any of the last 3 full seasons.
I don't think either suggestion is outlandish.
It's like no one has every played fantasy hockey before.