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Originally Posted by chopper89
Amazing how the cap era has shifted these kind of big paydays to the front of a player's career, from the back end like it was 10-15 yrs ago. Not saying it's wrong, as a team theoretically gets more out of the next 6 yrs. of Johnny's career than they would if he was 31 yrs. old and signing this deal...but it also sheds light on how much pressure these young players are under.
You do well your first couple years in the league, and you are set for life.
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Makes sense, here's forward point-production by age.
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On average, players retain about 90% of their scoring through age 29, but the drop from there is pretty sharp -- they hit 80% at age 31, 70% at age 32-33, and 60% at age 35.
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http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/3/1...s-age-analysis
According to this we can reasonably expect three more years of increasing numbers from Johnny, four from Sean, and six from Sam.