This will be explored more in depth in this week's Clarkson Notes but I went through media guides and counted games missed due to injury in every season George Roll has been head coach.
The following chart will list the season, then no. of games missed to injury, then no. of games played. The final number is the average number of players, per-game, missing due to injury:
08-09 10 6 1.67
07-08 31 39 0.79
06-07 31 39 0.79
05-06 14 38 0.37
04-05 30 39 0.77
03-04 48 41 1.17
Also noteworthy: Most of the past long-term injuries were not to key players on those squads, but rather to third or fourth-line forwards or defensemen who weren't part of the top pairings. Last year Phil Paquet missed 12 games, that was about the only time you find a player of that category. Scott Freeman was the top forward to miss playing time last year, missing seven games.
So far this season Paquet has missed three games and Mark Borowiecki, who would be classified as one of the top three defensemen, has missed two. Shea Guthrie, one of the top offensive players has missed four and Chris D'Alvise, another top forward, missed Saturday's game.
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