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Old 03-11-2016, 12:20 PM   #81
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Of course there are. But were they a "lock" (your words) to play 70 games before the season started? No, of course not. Nobody is a lock to play 70 games because injuries can happen to anybody. I dunno, maybe you don't understand what the word "lock" means in that sentence? Lock implies it's guaranteed. 100% chance. Which makes it a silly statement by definition.
Its a probability scale.

Its not an either or scenario.

Iginla may have 90% odds to play 80 games while Giordano is 50%.

It may be that Iginla is just lucky while Giordano is unlucky or there may be something to it.
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