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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
Also- Nikita Kucherov just dropped 144 points in his Age 30 season.
You think he is magically going to fall off a cliff because he is Age 31 this season?
NHL record books are going to be re-written in this upcoming decade starting with Ovechkin surpassing Gretzky's career goal total.
10 years from today- you will look back with hindsight and see how much the comparative numbers have changed for top players between Age 31-40.
Nathan Mackinnon is also another player that will be part of this "new" trend of NHL scoring for elite players. He just turned 29.
So I am not saying this is exclusive to just Draisaitl and McDavid. This is going to be the NEW NEW.
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LoL. Father time remains undefeated. You can't outrun the body deteriorating, hand eye diminishing, general health etc whether you are relying on PP points or not.
As the game speeds up and so does skill and scoring, so to does the prime age of elite players. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Drysaddle will break like everyone else and break hard when he does. Whether it is at 31, 32 or 33 he is going to fall back at some point sooner than later.