Huberdeau already defied the average by improving up until 29. Even with a rough year at 29, there’s no reason to believe he’ll revert completely to the average when his trajectory has already defied it every step of the way. He’s very obviously on a different path than the average, like most high-end players are.
Not saying he’s at the level of either of these guys, but both Crosby and Ovechkin had better years the last two than they did at 28 and 29. If the average was predictive, they wouldn’t have, and would have just kept going down into their mid-thirties. But they didn’t.
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