No one wants to have injuries happen but there are franchises across all sports that have been transformed by an injury to what was considered a key player. Then a blocked player comes up and does even better and changes the direction of a team. You generally see this more often in single position roles like quarterback and goalie when the starter tends to take all the reps but it’s happened in other roles as well.
I just don’t see Sutter budging here. Sure we can talk about Toffoli with LA but since he’s joined the Flames again he’s been very happy with his vets and doesn’t give young players a shot. I hope to be proven wrong but I just don’t see Sutter changing unless forced. Trev doesn’t seem to want to take his toys away so I don’t know what can bring young players up.
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