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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Lindros, Lemieux, Kariya, Crosby. Bure. Forsberg. Gary Roberts (maybe a little less than 80%).
All suffered career-threatening injuries in their mid 20s and came back to 80%+ of their pre-injury form for 4+ years.
Lafontaine, Neely, and Eric Daze had shorter resurgences, but were still great for a while. Pretty sure Daze is the only one who was effectively done before age 30.
I'm struggling to think of many other guys who were fully out in their mid 20s. Dan Blackburn? I'm sure there are others, but the odds seem to be in JE's favour...
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Wait. You're hoping that we get back an 80% Jack Eichel? Do we get a discount on his salary that is reflective in a 20% drop in performance and efficacy? Because an 80% Jack Eichel is NOT worth $10M a season. This whole Eichel thing just continues to get worse and worse. Dump a massive number of assets this team can't afford to lose, risk that the guy may never play again because of the surgery he needs, and then stare down a 20% decrease in performance if he recovers? Hard no.