73 man/games lost to injury in 15 games

[PromoTheRobot]

74 if you count Dahlin's leave of absence. It leads the NHL by a mile

https://nhlinjuryviz.blogspot.com/2025/10/202526-NHL-man-games-lost-plots.html

 

Kris baker and Matthew Fairburn discuss this and other things related to Kevyn Adams on their latest pod, including potential succession scenarios.

 

 

[Slack_in_MA]

So many questions. From my career doing process improvement and problem solving analysis, I want the data to try to answer the "why". Anytime there's an outlier, there's typically a special cause, not random variation. Might not be enough data to determine that though.

[Gatorman0519]

Considering the amount of time key players are going to be out, this season is doomed. 

[pi2000]

is that bad?

[Thorny]

Striking that amidst the cavalcade of shite we are on pace for about the same about points as we did every other year under Adams. Really says something about his performance the years we didn’t suffer an ungodly amount of injuries 

78 point GM on average, rain sleet or shine 

[thewookie1]

27 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Striking that amidst the cavalcade of shite we are on pace for about the same about points as we did every other year under Adams. Really says something about his performance the years we didn’t suffer an ungodly amount of injuries 

78 point GM on average, rain sleet or shine 

Glass half full would say we must be better this year then because we are still around the same with all these issues. However close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. 

[Big Guava]

2 hours ago, Slack_in_MA said:

So many questions. From my career doing process improvement and problem solving analysis, I want the data to try to answer the "why". Anytime there's an outlier, there's typically a special cause, not random variation. Might not be enough data to determine that though.

Seems like a lot of freak stuff going on...

Norris hurts himself on a faceoff without being touched for the first time in hockey history.

Zucker gets some freak virus where he can't eat solid food for over a week and loses a ton of weight.

Kulich gets blood clots which is something very rare for someone his age

Dahlin's leave if absence is him having to be with a fiance that had to have a freak heart transplant

Greenway was recovering from an injury suffered last year