2005-06: By the numbers
Man games lost to injury in the NHL*
My thanks to Iain Morrell, publisher of McKeen's Hockey, who had these figures at the ready when I asked for them.
As the NHL itself doesn't keep these numbers, they are far from scientific totals, but I think it gives you an idea of which teams were really hit by the injury bug last season. It's not much of a surprise that most of the teams at the top of the list missed the playoffs.
If you spot any errors here, feel free to let me know.
- Boston. 394
- St. Louis. 391
- Philadelphia. 384
- Los Angeles. 363
- Pittsburgh. 308
- Chicago. 299
- Vancouver. 279
- Florida. 268
- Carolina. 265
- Nashville. 265
- Toronto. 249
- N.Y. Islanders. 245
- Atlanta. 241
- Buffalo. 235
- Phoenix. 231
- Detroit. 214
- Calgary. 210
- Colorado. 201
- Montreal. 147
- Washington. 144
- Edmonton. 134
- Minnesota. 129
- Anaheim. 128
- San Jose. 123
- Dallas. 84
- New Jersey. 77
- Tampa Bay. 57
by James Mirtle @ 10:55 PM
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The Kings were fourth this past season? I guess that's progress. I hope we're further down the list this upcoming season.
I think this chart is interesting, but I think a way should be made to determine the quality of man-games lost, not just the quantity. Either PPG or salary would be a better indicator.
The reason I say this is because a when you look at this chart, a team like Buffalo is in the middle of the pack, but they lost a lot of games from their best players, like Briere, Miller and Dumont. Philly, OTOH, lost big games from Primeau and Kim Jonsson, but their numbers were skewed by man-games lost by a stiff like Chris Therien, who probably wouldn't have played much anyways.
Just food for thought.
Therien missed 33 games, his injury happened during a game, about the same time as Johnsson. He definitely would have played, most likely not well but still would have continued to get ice time.
The only player one could look at for 'skewing' the numbers would be Ryan Ready. A Phantoms callup, played half a game then pulled a groin. He wasn't 'officially' sent back down until he was healed 21 games later. Eight other Flyers missed 20+ games.
I am surprised Flyers did not end up #1 especially as fast as they were dropping.
My personal count was 388, guess my math sucks.
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