Funny Injuries

[CoyotesGM]

What are some funny combinations you guys have seen in the Sim League as far as injuries are concerned?

For example, in today's Arizona/Minnesota Game, Hemsky was caught looking the other direction with a fragile back.

0:30 of 1st period - Slapshot by Anze Kopitar.
0:30 of 1st period - Deflect By David Krejci.
0:30 of 1st period - Shot Blocked by Ales Hemsky.
0:30 of 1st period - Ales Hemsky from Minnesota Wild is injured at 0:30 of 1st period (Back).

[MontrealGM]

Martin Havlat when with the Sharks stepped out of the players bench.. did not fall... and was injured a long time... Havlat and Hemsky made of glass ?

[Ottawa GM]

Maybe Hemsky blocked the shot with his back.

[The_ZeroCool]

all happening in less then a second. nice!

[SJSharks]

Best/worst one I seen want in a sim league but one of the old NHL games. Out indefinitely from scrotal contusions.

Ouch.

And STHS did have cancer as an injury at one time.

[NJDevilsGM]

Haha scrotal contusions!

Cancer as an injury was just BS. Glad that's out now.

[The_ZeroCool]

8:07 of 1st period - Shot Blocked by Andy Greene.
8:07 of 1st period - Andy Greene from Chicago Blackhawks is injured at 8:07 of 1st period (Sprained Left Ankle). (out rest of the game)
Andy Greene D 98.22 <--CO

must have faked the injury if his condition is better then most on my team.

[Anaheim GM]

He was most likely injured....Perhaps there was a rest day infused and he improved. Every day there is improvement, guys, so despite what you are seeing on your roster following a game (may or may not) include a rest day. There really isn't anything weird about much of this, IMO. Even with Hemsky's injury of taking a puck in the back after blocking a shot is not all that weird. Now, cancer or a testicular contusion WOULD be....I laughed when I saw that, however, injuries like that are not happening here.

There are going to be more injuries as the league ramps them up. It's called a challenge and it's exactly what coaches/GMs have to face daily in the NHL. It's part of what makes the NsHL great, realistic, and the best, however, it may not be for everyone if the 2 minutes a day that it takes to make adjustments is too much of a burden.

[The_ZeroCool]

I agree with you, I am enjoying having the challenge of having to move players around and change lines pretty much everyday based on the wear and tear my players are now receiving. Gives my younger players more chances of playing in pros and giving every player that chance to prove themselves.

[CoyotesGM]

Mark, I don't think anyone is arguing that the league isn't better with these injuries being upped. I for one am glad its happening. Because we don't have live games to watch, you kinda have to make your own interpretation of how these events transpire. What I found funny was that, in reality, a puck that gets deflected should theoretically slow down yet somehow hit someone in the back and injure them.

[Anaheim GM]

Now here's something truly funny:

www.nsimhl.com/NSHL13-PRE-54.html

Twice, I score back to back goals within seconds of each other. The first pair of goals were 7 seconds apart. That's fast. Now, as an encore, we scored the second pair of goals 7 second apart. We either are the fastest scoring team in the history of the world, or we are using a Delorean and a 90 MPH Speed Limit to make it happen. I will argue that the sim, very much like the Good Lord, has an incredible sense of humor.

I just don't want the comedy to evolve into discontent, that evolves into the ridiculous argument to shut down injuries (that I have heard muttered in informal discussions). We have to live with the comedy in order to have "realism" if that makes ANY sense. We just need to focus more on the challenge of the injury and not how the injury necessarily happened, which is the same that we need to do with scoring, and not so much how/when it happened. The sim is quirky, wild, and I have had a love/hate relationship over the years (mostly hate, actually), however, it always gets defended in my book because it is what we have (and thank God someone thought it up). I think our crew has the chops and experience to get it all nearly perfect, however, in the meantime, everything that happens is equally proportionate to each and every team (which gives us all an absolutely perfectly level playing field, quirky and all). And that's really all that matters in the past, now, and in the future. I didn't mean to infer anything to anyone in particular and it is going to take a bit more managing so to speak. The league's worth it, though.

[Anaheim GM]

Dec 22, 2015 11:25:54 GMT -5 The_ZeroCool said:

I agree with you, I am enjoying having the challenge of having to move players around and change lines pretty much everyday based on the wear and tear my players are now receiving. Gives my younger players more chances of playing in pros and giving every player that chance to prove themselves.

And that is one of the absolute BEST things for the realism of the league. Our younger players DO get more chances to play, which will help their ratings as they gain experience (which will in turn build your roster). A few teams haven't been hit by the injury bug so far, however, most teams have had to deal with it. The ones that haven't had to deal with it, will. None of the injuries have been real serious, as it looks. No one seems to be missing more than a handful of games (2-4 tops) however, I probably just jinxed it for my team. In my team's case, Jay McLement went down with an injury and ended up only missing two games, I think...He was at an 84 or so, however, with the open schedule that the Commish is running, was able to only miss a couple.