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Originally Posted by Jay Random
How does that compare to the number of players in the league before and after the lockout? The league was smaller before 2004 than it is now, substantially smaller before 1992, and for the first half of its history it was never larger than 12 teams.
It's statistically meaningless to compare numerators when you don't know the denominators.
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I think they do have a point, because:
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Originally Posted by curves2000
Slightly off topic but I do think a lot of players these days might be over training and spending too much time in the gym/ on the ice. As Enoch Root pointed out, careers haven't really extended all that much, if anything in some ways you find A LOT less players who are 35+. Gio was the oldest player last year in the NHL and was fresh 40 with relatively low milage on him for a player. In the 90's there were a lot of players who played 40+.
NFL QB Tom Brady did extensive work on athletic performance well into your 40's. Talked about how the training is somewhat counterintuitive. As you age, you need more rest and recovery but in order to maintain and improve fitness, you need to work out more and harder.
Lifting heavy weights, eating foods that don't help with inflammation and more don't help with longevity. I do think a lot of NHL players are somewhat behind in terms of overall nutrition compared to what some players in soccer for example. The NHL is just so steak, chicken and pasta heavy.
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This just isn't true. In 1993-94, 30 years ago, there were zero players age 39+ who appeared in a game.