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Originally Posted by Ashasx
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This chart seems completely ridiculous. On average, defensemen are not that good while being that young. I've seen WAR charts where a young player is above 90% while playing third pairing minutes against weak opponents so maybe that's skewing the information? Also, the only young players in the league are already expected to become star players, while most prospects take quite some time to mature into good hockey players. That alone is enough to distort the available information.
Since you're using an older chart, I'll post an article from the same time frame that is more in line with what science says about peak physical fitness:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/when-nhl-pla...rics-1.2646054