A vast majority of players in the NHL aren’t overly special. They’re replaceable. That, in part, explains the parity in the league and the constant player transactions.
Just moments after a seemingly obvious too many men on the ice penalty on the Columbus Blue Jackets was missed on Thursday night, Hamilton went down along the boards. His left leg bent... unnaturally. The result of the incident was a broken fibula. Hamilton had surgery just a day later, likely ending his 2019-20 campaign.
The injury came in game 47 of his season, wherein he had 14 goals, 40 points, a plus-30 rating, and was just a couple of weeks away from his first NHL All-Star weekend.