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Originally Posted by blankall
Monahan and Gaudreau, who are 22 and 24 (in 3 days anyways), are our main core pieces up front right now. Yet the writer has classified them as being " in their mid- to late-20s." So....he's basically classified our core in ultra wide range of ages and used the tail end of that range to state that our core is aging.
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Giordano and Backlund are the only members of the core that are even close to the declining phase of their careers.
Backlund has basically just entered his prime, and should be able to sustain a high level for 4-5 years yet.
Brodie is just behind Backlund, but you're talking 5-6 seasons of high level play from him. Not even close.
I think Lambert believes Monahan, Tkachuk, Hamilton, Gaudreau and Bennett are a lot older than they are. And if he can't figure out that the large majority of Calgary's impact players is under 25 then I don't know how credible the rest of his opinion piece can really be considered to be.
