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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
You are acting like he is 35 next year.
Year 1 - Age 29
Year 2 - Age 30
Year 3 - Age 31
Year 4 - Age 32
Year 5 - Age 33
If McDavid is still on the team, Draisaitl is putting up 100+ points seasons for these years.
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I'll choose a single source of info for consistency. yes we can quibble forever
anyways quant hockey has Drai's last season as age 28. He's 106 points in an impressive 16th highest ever for a 28 yo (coincidentally behind Gaudreau and Huberdeau's 2022 seasons but I digress- clearly his track record of 100 point seasons prior is better than those guys)
so by this site (I know you disagree but I'm trying to be consistent here) he will be 30 in year one of the contract
number of players in history who have scored 100 points in each of their 30-34 year old seasons equals zero. number of players who did it 4 times equals one (Gretzky). number of additional players who did it 3 times equals zero
I understand why the Oilers made the deal, and even why Oiler fans are happy with it. I also think its business as usual for the Oilers for the next number of years- top heavy, always a threat given elite high end talent but balance issues, but at some point surely we must all agree all good things will come to an end. of course he will (barring injuries) remain a useful top 3-6 forward for all to most of the contract- that I also agree with. just not elite