I look at a guy like Backlund who was unfortunate to endure injuries early in his career and it gives me great hope Valimaki can overcome these setbacks.
Backlund had 4 significant injuries throughout his first 5 full pro years and has since played 82,81,82,77 games the last 4 years.
2011 - 14 games (Finger)
2012 - 26 games (Shoulder)
2013 - 14 games (Knee)
2015 - 29 games (Abdomen)
Way too early to say Valimaki will be an injury plague type player at this point though it is frustrating considering how important he is to the future of this club so I get why people are nervous.
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