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No, he’s not. By not allowing a player to play in the WJC you’re minimizing the risk that they get injured and can’t get play in the regular season... for their NHL club that profits off of them. It’s a very simple concept. If they get injured during NHL play, it’s on the job. As an owner would you want a player bull riding during the season?
And the injury isn’t going to happen anyways. If Dach didn’t play in the WJC he’d be ready for game one of the season. Chicago was ok with that risk as a rebuilding team. Some teams aren’t.
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This was a career building opportunity that Dach could be a key player in an important tournament with the very best players of his age group.
This development opportunity greatly favors young important players playing and taking on the risk of participation.
In 2004 Minnesota thought that Burns playing a significant role in the WJC was a better development opportunity than playing NHL games.
In 2020 it would be pretty much obvious, even to the casual observer, that training for month with Canada's U20 team and playing in the tournament would be better preparation for the NHL season than the 10 day training camp with no exhibition games.
Why so many NFL injuries this season?
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What we’ve seen through the course of this season is a sharp increase in soft-tissue injuries — and specific ones, such as ruptured Achilles tendons, appear to be registering at fairly alarming rates. There appears to be a direct correlation between the lack of a typical offseason program and the increased soft-tissue injury rate.
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