As a Norwegian, these playoffs are so unfair. We finished above Georgia in the qualifier yet they get the chance to qualify through playoff, while we lost our playoff spot because Russia got kicked out and our wins against Sweden suddenly didn’t count.
It’s true that we cannot know that for sure. Traditionally it was believed ACL injuries was usually a result of a one off situation/accident, but in later years there have been studies that suggest that overplaying (cumulative stress) can result in a tear/rupture in lower load situations. Gavis injury does visually appear to happen in a situation you wouldn’t expect the ACL to fail so easiliy.
It’s a bit ironical, considering how much we fans are against this concept, but a super league could actually be better for the players. With the clubs being owners of the league they’d be able to dictate how many games there would be. Right now they’re part of 3-4 different competitions that all want the teams to play as many games as possible for their competition.