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Originally Posted by cannon7
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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Hanifin will be good until at least his mid 30s IMO. He is not average in any way...these stats don't consider the position, play style, skillset, ect.
Average retirement age is totally irrelevant to a top end player. Like should the Oilers let McDrai walk?
Drai will be 30 when his next contract starts