Top National Hockey League (NHL) Players making comebacks from life threatening injuries -Part 3
Providing veteran leadership to a team is essential to maintain a balance between the younger players and their lack of maturity, along with enabling a team that is not as much experienced, to learn from the older players, even if they are not as good as
the others.
Some younger players on the league also have built-in leadership qualities that make them crucial to their teams’ existence in the National Hockey League (NHL).
The next two players are perfect examples of the above mentioned characteristics.
4. Daniel Alfredsson (Right Wing, Ottawa Senators)
Daniel Alfredsson, who is the captain of Ottawa Senators, went out last season in February due to continuing problems with his back and thus, resulted in his team unable to make the playoffs for the second time.
Now he is back after undergoing surgery in June and has played in all his games with Ottawa, currently having registered four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in six games.
Being a player that has registered 70 plus points the last nine seasons, excluding the 2010-2011 one, Alfredsson is the perfect combination of tremendous energy and guidance. At the age of 38, the Gothenburg, Sweden native, can still play like a young player
while at the same time, guide younger players when they need it the most.
He was selected as Ottawa’s 133rd overall draft pick during round-six of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and is playing his 16th season with the franchise now for experience unlike any other.
Hopefully, Alfredsson will eventually be getting his game back on track after missing nearly 30 games last season and can put a desperate group of Senators back into the playoffs.
5. Taylor Hall (Left Wing, Edmonton Oilers)
Taylor Hall, Edmonton’s 2010 first overall draft pick, had a great time performing last season, but was limited to playing in only 65 games after sustaining a season ending ankle injury during his first NHL fight against Columbus’ Derek Dorsett.
The 19-year-old still managed to pot 42 points (22 goals, 20 assists), but if he had played the entire season, Edmonton’s situation might have been a whole lot different than it was.
Now with the 2011 top pick, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers have an unstoppable rookie duo that is on their way to becoming the next big thing in hockey.
To be continued in Part 4....
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