it is relative to how much time they missed, which for most is the same in ST... injury shortened seasons are possible. so, maybe not the ceiling, though?
anyway, it woudl be so difficult to hammer this out... you'd need so much data to clearly see this impact except in extreme cases... but as it tailed off, it'd require those larger sample sizes to resolve beyond all the other factors at play.
plus, with any better player, it's still best to bring him back themoment they re better than the replacement, which is usually a low bar... as long as it doen't increase injury rate.
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