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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Probably comparable numbers to Briere at that age. So decent.
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Gaudreau finishes his 28th year old season this year... under contract to the Flames so far.
520 games 170 goals 494 pts .95 ppg +21 105 PIM
After Briere's 28 year old season
he had 483 games 162 goals 376 pts -5 and 365 PIM .78 ppg he had 37 pts in his 40 playoff games.
After that he played for 8 more seasons
He got a 8 year contract from philly 8 x 6.5 that they bought out after 6 years. And then signed for 2 x 4 with Montreal playing the 2nd year with the Avs.
Overall he played on his last 8 years : 490 games 145 goals 320 pts -19 and 379 PIM .65 ppg 379 PIM. Why he was thought to age well was he had 40 goals and 78 pts in 84 playoff games.
I posted the PIM as he was a different player than Gaudreau
in his last 3 years age 34,35,36 he was:
Philly 6 goals 16 pts in 34 games -13
Montreal 13 goals 35 pts in 69 games +1
Colorado 8 goals 12 pts in 57 games -7
So he wasn't close to being decent at 6.5 , 4 , 4 cap hit with a compliance buyout
Marty St. L played until he was 39 and would be the poster boy for smaller players ( well any player) that played well after 34... but he basically started to play elite at age 28 ... the first time of 6 that he was above a ppg along with a couple of years where he within 3 pts of a ppg season