Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
Not comparable at all. This is the first time Gaudreau has been injured in his entire hockey career. Klimchuk is injured every season he plays.
|
You have a very week definition of "every season", perhaps you misunderstand the definition of "every"? Klimchuk was healthy his first 2 years in the WHL, misses a grand total of 5 games. In his 3rd year he missed 18 games, but IIRC some were to attend Canada's World Junior camp (I could be mistaken and it might have just been his final season). In his final WHL season he missed 12 games, again I believe some were lost due to a WJ Camp. Last year in his first pro season he missed 13 games, some time as healthy scratch and some due to injury. So over 5 seasons he has missed 48 games, some of which were due to WJ Camps, some as a healthy scratch and some due to injury. An average of 9-10 games per season missed, but here you are comparing him to Martin the band-aid Havlat who missed an average of almost 24 games per year due to injury over a 14 year career, he missed more games due to injury than many players ever play in a career.
Klimchuk has had 3 injuries in 5 years that have kept him out for a decent length of time. I think more than anything the timing of his injuries and how he never suffered one until after he was drafted, but saying 3 years with injuries compares him to Havlat is downright dumb, sure Gaudreau may have been a poor example but no more so that Havlat. Perhaps a more apt comparison would be Giordano who had a few rough years in terms of injury, but it doesn't make him injury prone.