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Originally Posted by looooob
I think its definitely plausible that advanced health regimes and training techniques, which I think is being argued (hence the new v old legends) is a real thing- I do wonder if - with these smaller cohorts- the era may be playing a role (I think that is what you are suggesting). the old legends- by some napkin math average around birth year 1967 so their 30s correspond roughly with the peak/onset of the dead puck era?
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Yeah, I kind of adjusted for that by using the indexing method, but was mainly to amplify the difference between a 200-point season going to 110 and a 100 point season going to 10.
So while their raw point totals are partially a function of skill/health and partially a function of era, the scoring environment does change within each player's career. That's not included in those numbers.
VilleN brought up the improved training and nutrition hypothesis and it looks like it's absolutely been the case - more than I would have imagined.