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Originally Posted by AcGold
How many teams are in our situation or have ever been in our situation?
Best player is targeted with intent to injure 20 times in a game, a major violation of the rules, with zero repercussion. I can't think of this ever happening where there are so many violations it puts our best player at risk of playing less than half the season.
I completely agree Kanzig and Smith aren't ready to be effective pros capable of contributing to the game on a nightly basis, but they are capable of annihilating a few players with huge hits.
So you put Kanzig out and he smashes Staal into the corner. We get scored on in the PK but Johnny doesn't get slashed anymore that game, Kanzig sits for the rest of the game and Johnnys line pots 2 goals because one of the top 5 talents in the league gets to play. A net gain. Kanzig, Engelland and Smith are the only ones that can get into the scrums and create fear.
Until we have that element Johnny will continually get injured. We have to take the approach as there is no other way, Smith stands up a few players in the neutral zone with bone rattling hits (even if they are a little late) and nobody wants anything to do with Johnny or Smith.
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Kanzig has to be able to catch Staal to smash him.