I've never understood the "low mileage on the body" argument. That only matters if you are discussing health of a player. It's the twitch muscles, strength, flexibility, durability that degrade with age regardless of mileage. Just being a millisecond slower in reaction can have great effect on performance as that's why you see these 30 year old football RB's who most are in much better shape physically than when they were in their early 20's however as they get into their 30's they lose just a little bit of burst when cutting or accelerating and it's the difference between a HOF RB being all-pro or over the hill. We saw it here with Hiller in that his first season was very respectable and the 2nd year his play fell off a cliff. Just a little slower to react and he went from average NHL starter to worst NHL goaltender in a decade. If Smith is looking for a 2 year contract I politely nod and tell him we will talk when the season is over while in the mean time moving forward like he's not going to be part of the team past the end of this season.
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