The hockey fates can be squirrely at times.
Take Stephen Johns' career, for example.
The big defensemen with good skating skills was the Chicago Blackhawks' second round draft pick in 2010 and probably their best minor league blueliner in 2015. Chicago needed some help in the playoffs due to an injury to Michal Rozsival, but just when they seemed ready to make a career-changing call-up, Johns suffered a broken arm while playing with the Rockford Ice Hogs that knocked him out for the remainder of the season.
The fact that the Blackhawks went on to win the Stanley Cup without him is one disappointing twist of fate for Johns, but the life threads were not done spinning just yet.