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Originally Posted by Anduril
https://hockey-graphs.com/2017/03/23...katers-part-1/
The data seems to suggest that forwards peak and plateau from 23-25 before gradually declining. On top of usually being on more team friendly deals, that's probably where the sweet spot is of making the most of a player's most productive years.
Lots of other things to consider (becoming more rounded, basic data, more analysis) before any definitive can be said.
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This has more to do with teams adjusting to a player and that player working on his defensive game rather than the player truly declining. We've seen it in many players, including Overchkin. Overchkin took the league by storm and scored 52 goals and 106 points as a rookie. He certainly is a much stronger player now than he was as a rookie, the difference is he's more sound defensively and teams have a game plan against him. We've seen it with Gaudreau, we've also seen it with McDavid this year.
We've seen it with Crosby at 120 points in his 2nd year, yet anyone would take the version from last year versus his 20 year old self
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