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Originally Posted by moon
Most people compare seasons of guys at the same age i.e. 19 year old season to 19 year old season
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Ok. First, I'll apologize and assume you're simply not following my thought process. Or that my thought process is wrong.
Let me go super slow for you. Take the time to read this and think about it. Please explain to me if im miss thinking this.
This is my point: Most people compare first year of nhl draft year eligibility to first year of nhl draft year eligibility. Not year of birth to year of birth.
Why do they do that? Its because of age relative to the hockey season. I'll explain using Poirier and Perry as an example. Now again, follow closely cuz this is super complicated.
Perry is born is May. Poirier is born in December. The season goes from October to April.
As a result, they're closer in age when the one with the May bday is 19 and the one with the December bday is 20 than when both players are age 20.
A Perry in his 19 year old season is 5 months younger than a Poirier in his 20 season. This is because there is 5 months between December and May.
Meanwhile, a Perry in his 20 year old hockey season is 7 months older than a Poirier in his 20 year old hockey season. This is because the is 7 months between May and December.
Since 5 months is less than 7 months, its a better comparison to use Perry age 19 vs Poirier age 20.
Edited to be less condescending and add an apology.