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I reeeeally think someone needs to look into it still. Coincidentally when I play 3v3, it's always the Truculence guy getting easier, and dirtier, hits along the boards and an extra step or two/extra leniency windows for open ice cheap shots.
Injuries are random in real hockey, sure, but you don't see the kind of devestation you do in the video game. If I hit McDavid the way I do #69 Ivana Tinkles, I would literally be thrown in jail for exploding a man in public. I can hipcheck someone coming in the opposite direction at full speed and he'll just bounce up after showing us his helicoptor blade impression, but a simple shoulder to the chest can out of nowhere break his legs or arm.
Reducing maximum stamina upon huge hits and injury and increasing bonus stamina when you win a fight would make for an interesting feature, imo