Markus Nutivaara is just 26-years-old and is among the tenured veterans for John Tortorella on the Blue Jackets, going back to his first full season in 2016-17. Upon completing his fourth NHL season, Nutivaara has only cracked 80 regular-season games played once, at least 60 games in the first two seasons, and just 37 this past season.
Some of that is due to the suspension of the regular season back in March, but Nutivaara still missed 33 games as he battled through injuries and healthy scratches, and saw a dip in ice-time, as he only saw 15:55 on average this past season.