This is kind of another reason to get as many skilled players as possible.
Truculent players are nice, but they seem to get injured left and right. I'll be surprised if Ferland or Bouma ever play more than 70 games in a season. Other the other side, I'll be surprised if Gaudreau doesn't play more than 70 games at any point before he's 30.
Injury-prone players also are not worth their contract if they are only playing 75% of the games.
I love Bouma, but we can only have so many players that sacrifice themselves on a nightly basis.
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