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Originally Posted by pens66
While this discussion about injuries breaks out just like it did in the early days of EHM, I just want to point something out:
TSN.ca currently lists 125 NHL players as injured. That includes long-term guys and day-to-day cases (and, admittedly, maybe a handful of guys who are basically retired, i.e. Chris Pronger).
Taking a look at the numbers in FHM, however, I found in my current season: In mid december 71 guys injured, in mid january it's 91 (standard injury setting).
Now I come back to the EHM thing: We as players always feel cheated by a computer game if a player is injured, and then another, and then another. It was the exact same thing in EHM and Riz eventually toned down the injuries to an extent that was faaaaar from reality. Let's face it, injuries are a very common part of hockey and a team can rarely play the same lineup night in and night out without any changes. Guys are constantly getting injured.
I know we have the injury slider to set things how we like it in FHM, but I think that the number of injuries is about right at the moment. Only the length of injuries maybe needs a look at (maybe more short-term things?). And obviously the frequency of injury types needs some tweaking. There too many arm injuries at the moment, I think. And then there's the ear thing... ;-)
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This is a great post. Type of injury, frequency and duration could be the main issue. Also, this year in the shortened season I wonder if there is evidence to show more injuries than normal. Goalies from what I can tell for sure it is the case.
Please Jeff R....make sure we do not make injuries too low. They are a part of it and as Pens said...we end up with too few because guys get upset that there top 2 centres or 2 of top 6 are injured. I can name at least 3 teams in the NHL where two of top 10 players are injured right now. It happens. Look at Ottawa. Spezza, Michalek, Karlsson, Anderson...all out at the same time, and then Latendresse.
Flyers-Pronger, Meszaros, Hartnell, Read....
Hawks right now...Sharp, Hossa, Frolik, Shaw...
But career ending ear injuries...