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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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Stars? I dunno. Bossy was 29. So was Rick Martin. Deadmarsh was a potential star. Lots of midrange players though - like Ferland (maybe).