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Originally Posted by New Era
Why? Why is this likely. All those who have been saying this have yet to put forth any reason to suggest this is likely. None. Just some crazy belief that because a player hits a certain age that the wheels fall off. Yet this is the same fan base that talks about Giordano playing into his 40s and held the same belief about Iginla when he was here. Why would a player that is showing no signs of slowing down all of a sudden fall apart at age 32 or 33? This makes no sense. If this was true Giordano would not have won a Norris, he would have been out of the league
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You are giving rare examples and talking like it is commonplace. Look at the free agent class of 2016 and how many guys fell off a cliff in their 30’s. Happened with plenty of guys from the 2003 draft class. The LA Kings went from cup contenders to multiple top 5 picks by overpaying a core into their 30’s. Kesler, Burrows, Perry, Richards, Carter, Neal, Backes, Ladd, Lucic, Brouwer, Okposo, Heatly, Ryan
Just a bunch of quick examples off the top of my head of star players that fell off around the age Voracek is. Let’s trade our 27 year old superstar for that guy and pay him a higher cap hit than any Flames in the history of the team.