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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Hahahaha...cool.
Now look at the career length of every other skating-style defenseman since then. Oh, and be sure to start when orthoscopic surgery became a regular method of dealing with joint injury to extend careers.
Bobby Orr...jesus ####ing christ. May as well have gone back to the 20's and mentioned a player that stopped playing because of polio. Apples to apples please.
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With modern medicine the average NHL career today is 5 years. The average retirement age is between 28-30. A player remaining productive at a high level into their 30's is the exception, not the rule. As such paying a guy $7-8M a season for 8 years in what is most likely going to be his least productive years is a bad investment.
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