cats_09
Otters United
- Jun 21, 2011
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- #51
My memory is 10-15 years ago players wouldn't have been delisted after being out for a year with an injury, so to that extent it's more ruthless now.
But maybe I'm misremembering.
Black was delisted last year while recovering from an ACL, and think Gregson was also out for the later part of the season with another foot issue - so not completely unheard of in the current era
I think if this was Cunico's first big injury or time out with injury it would have been different, but he was taken at pick #59 in the 2014 draft, played 1 senior game over the first 3 years of his career due to knee & ankle injuries, 14 games last year & then obviously the ankle injury this year. I think it was more that he wasn't established as a best 22 player at the start of the year and some of the kids on the list really stood up, which made it harder to keep him around.