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Originally Posted by Electricprez
Guys still playing reasonably well in their roles:
1. Giordano is 38 -- 35 point guy last year
2. Parise is 37 -- 35 point guy last year
3. Pavelski is 37 -- 81 point guy last year, clear outlier
4. Suter is 37 -- 32 point guy last year
5. Smith (40) -- pains me to say it, but reasonably solid last season
Less stellar examples/recently retired:
Chara (45) --> Free agent, probably done
Keith (38) --> Done, played decent in playoffs, mentor guy to their D
Spezza (38) --> Mostly irrelevant, now retired
Thornton (42) --> Free agent, mostly done, loved by the leafs/mentor guy when he was there
If these guys retire in their 38/39 years, is that not... a good thing?
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I can try to look at the positive side of this.. you have to think in 7 years time the salary cap will be much higher.
Sure those are highlighted players, but there are many effective players who just burn out by 32-34, then we're stuck with high paid players for a few years collecting around 30-40 points a season.