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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Last thing I’ll say on this is that averages are just that. you’d think a stats guy like yourself might understand what averages really mean. If the average age to peak is 24 guess what? It likely means around half the ####ing players haven’t peaked by 24! So trying to tell me players don’t significantly improve after 23 is such clear and obvious bull####. I dare you to walk up to a real hockey ops person and try and tell them that!
You seem like you have some smarts but you appear very dense on this issue.
Your links support my point. You’ve misinterpreted what the data means.
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I think knowing the mean as opposed to the average would be more telling.
But peaking shouldn’t just mean scoreboard production. I look at guys like Yzerman as an example. He became a more effective player later even if his production dropped a little.