Healthy scratches are a common move across the NHL and we have to deal with it. In fact, there are very few teams with no healthy players sitting out, but that’s not the case of our Colorado Avalanche.
Teams are sometimes hit by sudden waves of injuries, and that’s when the scratches come into play to save the world (uhm, the team) along with those players recalled from the minors. But what exactly is the criteria to scratch a player? If we’re being honest, not all of them deserve to watch the game from afar.
So, the question today is: do the following players truly deserve to be scratched?