Question 19: Will Johnny Boychuk stay healthy?

It isn’t exactly fair to speculate about a pro athlete’s health, but if we were doing a pool on which Islanders regular defenseman will miss the most games to injury this season, how many of you wouldn’t say Johnny Boychuk?

Not that it’s his fault; it’s just nature and circumstance.

Boychuk doesn’t shy from the physical side of the game, he’s coming off knee surgery (after trying to play through the injury for much of 2017-18), and at age 34 (he’ll turn 35 in January) he is the oldest member of the Islanders blueline.

In fact, unless Dennis Seidenberg makes yet another return via his PTO, Boychuk will be the oldest member of the team, period. All that adds up to us looking his way when…