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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
Jeff Friesen comes to mind as a guy who was a consistent 20-goal, 40 to 50-point guy with peaks of 30+ goals and 60+ points who suddenly forgot how to play at age 28.
Jonathan Cheechoo scored 56 goals at age 25, scored 12 three seasons later and then was out of the league a year after that. It does happen but you're right, it's rare.
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Like Monahan, both were one-dimensional players who fell off a cliff once that element of their game declined.
This is why GMs have to be ruthless with asset management. Hoping a declining player bounces back isn’t a strategy. And getting less for a player than you hoped, and less than he would have a returned a season sooner, is better than getting nothing.