The Montreal Canadiens injury bug was relentless this season. It’s not just the number of players who were forced out of the lineup, but for how long. In total, the Habs had 282 man games lost this year if you include the 75 from Ales Hemsky who suffered a concussion in October against the Anaheim Ducks and the 14 from Al Montoya when he was still on the team. That’s not the sole reason of why Montreal had the season they did, but it’s a nice slice of the evidentiary pie.
A lot of the injured players recovered and got back into the lineup where others had to be shut down.