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Originally Posted by Mathgod
How effective do highly skilled yet undersized players become as they enter their 30s? Look at Daniel Briere as a comparable; his production declined rather noticably as he progressed through his 30s. His most productive season was '06-07 when he was the same age Johnny is now; he got 95 points in 81 games. He was never a PPG player again after that.
I don't know if it makes sense to pay Johnny almost McDavid-type money for 8 years when we don't know how effective he can be in his 30s.
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Briere did lead the scoring race in the 2010 playoffs (30 in 23 GP) as a 32 year old and did follow that up with 34 goals in 70 games the next season. He also scored 13 points in 11 playoff games as a 34 year old, so although he wasn’t a regular season point per game player, he was still quite effective until he was about 35.