Originally Posted by #-3
It's certainly not without president
McDavid is 28 on pace for 116 pts.
At 28 Thornton had 114 pts. followed by 96,86,89,70,77, he was pretty much a mid 70s pt player for his 30s.
*because he got his points playing in Pit in the 90s, but Kevin Stevens went;
123 pts at 27 then, 111, 88, 82pt pace, 36, 34, 41...
Mike Goulet at 28 106pt, then 64,51,65,63,44
Kurri at 28, 96pts, then 102,93,60,87,77
Huberdeau at 28 had a 91 pt pace, then 115,55,52,62.
There are lots of examples of guys who put up a few very high point season in there late 20s who then became middling second tier offensive players in their 30s. And I've been arguing for years that McDavids game is specifically built for that kind of decline. Given the way he plays, I think for him to continue to be successful and not be one of those guys, he would need to learn to be more of a power forward, instead of skating around guys he is going to need to learn to skate through them. I don't know if that will happen or not.
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