Dobber's Band-Aid Boys – 2022 edition! Which players are at risk to hurt your fantasy team by missing games?
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Definition of "Certified": The player is virtually guaranteed to miss games and is a significant risk to miss 12 or more in a given season.
Definition of "Trainee": The player has shown signs that he could become Certified. He is probably going to miss six or seven games in the coming season and has some risk of suffering an injury that will cost him 12 or more.
The rule of thumb – if you ever manage to acquire, accidentally or otherwise – a Certified Band-Aid Boy, get them off your team when you can. Although they may have fantasy value, they are probably not worth the headache (no pun intended) if you can acquire a player of equal value who is not on this list. If you acquire any Certified Band-Aid Boy for a price set as if they play 65 games, then that works – just don't overpay and expect a full season out of them.
If you acquire a Band-Aid Boy Trainee, then keeping this player should be okay…but too many of them on your team could (will?) be trouble. It is possible to go from "certified" back to "trainee", or from "trainee" right off of this list. But poolies need to see some stability in games played – often one healthy season isn't enough to clean the slate.
(Note – this is strictly for guidance in fantasy hockey, and having a little fun with it. This list is not meant to belittle the seriousness of a player's injury problems, nor is it meant to punish a player for 'playing hard' and being a 'warrior' on the ice. It is what it is – a list of players who are at greater risk of missing games. "How" they miss those games matters little in fantasy hockey. In other words, this list is meant to be used as a tool to help your run your fantasy team, not to as an insult to anyone)
Certified Band-Aid Boys
| Aaron Ekblad | Gabriel Landeskog | Mike Matheson | ||
| Adam Boqvist | Jack Eichel | Mike Smith | ||
| Alex Galchenyuk | Jaden Schwartz | Mikko Rantanen | ||
| Alex Tuch | Jake Gardiner | Nicholas Robertson | ||
| Alexander Edler | Jake McCabe | Nick Bjugstad | ||
| Andreas Athanasiou | Jakob Chychrun | Nicklas Backstrom | ||
| Anthony Mantha | Jakub Vrana | Nico Hischier | ||
| Antoine Roussel | James Reimer | Nolan Patrick | ||
| Antti Raanta | Jaroslav Halak | Olli Maatta | ||
| Brandon Sutter | Joel Armia | Ondrej Kase | ||
| Brendan Gallagher | John Gibson | Patric Hornqvist | ||
| Brian Elliott | John Klingberg | Patrice Bergeron | ||
| Bryan Rust | Jonathan Quick | Paul Stastny | ||
| Cam Fowler | Josh Anderson | Robby Fabbri | ||
| Carey Price | JT Compher | Robert Thomas | ||
| Carl Hagelin | Justin Schultz | Robin Lehner | ||
| Casey Cizikas | Kevin Hayes | Ryan Ellis | ||
| Charlie McAvoy | Kris Letang | Ryan Murray | ||
| Colin White | Kyle Okposo | Sammy Blais | ||
| Craig Anderson | Logan Brown | Sean Couturier | ||
| Dougie Hamilton | Marcus Johansson | Semyon Varlamov | ||
| Drake Caggiula | Mark Stone | TJ Oshie | ||
| Erik Haula | Mason Marchment | Torey Krug | ||
| Erik Johnson | Viktor Arvidsson | Tyler Ennis | ||
| Erik Karlsson | Matt Murray | Zach Aston-Reese | ||
| Evgeni Malkin | Max Comtois | Zach Parise | ||
| Filip Forsberg | Max Pacioretty | Zach Werenski |
Band-Aid Boy Trainees
| Aleksander Barkov | Jesse Puljujarvi | Reilly Smith | ||
| Anders Lee | Joel Farabee | Rickard Rakell | ||
| Auston Matthews | Jonas Brodin | Roope Hintz | ||
| Barrett Hayton | Jonathan Bernier | Ryan McDonagh | ||
| Boone Jenner | Jonathan Toews | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | ||
| Brandon Tanev | Joonas Donskoi | Sam Bennett | ||
| Brock Boeser | Jordan Staal | Sam Gagner | ||
| Cale Makar | Kaapo Kakko | Scott Perunovich | ||
| Conor Sheary | Kevin Shattenkirk | Sergei Bobrovsky | ||
| Corey Perry | Kirby Dach | Shane Pinto | ||
| David Perron | Kyle Palmieri | Shayne Gostisbehere | ||
| Dylan Strome | Logan Couture | Sidney Crosby | ||
| Eeli Tolvanen | Mark Giordano | Sonny Milano | ||
| Elias Pettersson | Markus Granlund | Steven Stamkos | ||
| Filip Chytil | Nick Ritchie | Tage Thompson | ||
| Hampus Lindholm | Nikita Kucherov | Taylor Hall | ||
| Henrik Borgstrom | Oliver Wahlstrom | Tomas Hertl | ||
| Ilya Mikheyev | Ondrej Palat | Troy Terry | ||
| Jared Spurgeon | Pavel Buchnevich | Tyson Barrie | ||
| Jason Zucker | Pavel Zacha | Vincent Trocheck | ||
| Jeff Carter | PK Subban | Vladimir Tarasenko | ||
| Jesper Bratt | Zach Hyman |
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