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Originally Posted by VilleN
Also, I'd like to see the composite updated with more current players. In all sports players are much more effective as they age because of a large improvement in training, nutrition, and supplements.
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I don't have that available, but I can give you an answer from this. This was the 2019/20 season. If you look at EVERY player on this list that is in their 30s, every single one of them only hit 80 points one more time in their careers (and Kopitar and Carlson have none, Kane actually hit 90). Every one of these players averaged something in the 60-80 point range for the remainder of their careers (or worse).
Gretzky's first couple years in LA were effective, but after that, he was basically a show piece. Lemieux and Crosby have been effective were into their mid-thirties, but the number of players who are truly valuable (greater than 12% of the cap, valuable), well into their 30s, is really low.
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Originally Posted by butterfly
They paid 11.3% of cap for the prime age 22-29 years and now they're going to pay 15.2% of cap for the decline age 30-37 years. Which of those two do you think will be the better deal for the team?
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That stats don't lie: you pay people in their 30s for past production, and you do not get value for your money.
(I agree the Oilers had no choice, and I agree it's done for the first few years, but it is difficult to argue against the fact that, for the life of the contract, it is likely to have very poor value)