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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
no, you can never afford injuries, regardless of depth. The player that gets injured is almost always better than the depth guy that takes his place.
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The original player being better than the replacement was not the point I was making. The examples I used in the OP were all players that were forced into a role that they normally wouldn't have been put in had the original roster player remained healthy. Yet they performed well enough to keep their roster spot later on; whether that was by being moved to another team or leapfrogging another on the depth chart.
Injuries happen every season. Ignore my thread title and consider the final question in the OP. Both teams in the finals last year needed to dig into their AHL cupboard by the end of the playoffs. Hypotheticals are always fun and this is no different.