This has to be the worst injury season the Habs have had in a long time.

The league should investigate Drouin on LTIR

At least Kotkaniemi is in a top 6 center role?

They should investigate on Tampa getting around the salary cap first.

Well other than danault’s defensive play and Gallagher’s big impact being the heart of the team and his production, the guys injured haven’t had a big impact on the team’s play. They’ve had pretty bad years. I get guys being out shuffles the lineup around and changes a lot, but most of the guys injured (other than the ones I mentioned) have been bad

Kucherov had surgery go ahead. There is medical evidence there. Can Drouin say the same?

I don't know it kind of evens out doesn't it.
I mean Price and Weber out is addition by subtraction.

And Kucherov is magically projected to be back for the playoffs after missing the one of the most cap-strapped seasons of the salary cap era.

Drouin is dealing with undisclosed personal issues that appear to be some kind of mental illness, which is not as tangible but as serious. They did not avoid cap issues or nothing.

Nah, not even close. Replacing players with worse players does not even out.

No it's not magical they had him try to rehab until it was to the point where if he needed surgery he wouldn't miss playoff time. They knew rehab time frame from this surgery being Point last off season and Gourde the prior one.

You don't think putting someone on LTIR for "undisclosed personal reasons" isn't ripe for fraudulent use?

It's not. Mental illness and physical injuries are as harmful. We could easily have kept him, him and his cap hit were not a problem.

Carey Price says hello. It certainly hurts when 3 of your 4 most important players are out (Danault, Gallagher, Price, & Petry being the healthy one).

Price has a .901 😂😂