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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Huge difference between staying fit and staying at elite pro-sports fitness. The strictest diet and training regiments aren’t going to sustain your fast-twitch muscles and power at elite levels into your late 30s. You see that in every sport involving speed and raw power - Usain Bolt retired at 30.
Lots of recent examples of top players falling off a cliff in their mid-30s: Ekholm, Stamkos, Karlsson.
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Don't know where you are getting your facts but hockey do says 2 out of 3 are still putting up the same or better points a year... Stamkos is down from his first years at 90 and his outlier season of over 100 but still doing the same, Karlsson is actually doing better year after year on the penguins . Usually a good 40 point ( yes a few years above aka outliers)but in the mid fifttys since joining the pens. Ekholm is a dirty oilers no doubt but unfortunately his stats have remained consistent as they are not consistent. Hes basically putting up the same numbers or better then with Nashville .
You gotta check the stats man. I get it older = worse but that's not the case anymore. They have in fact not fallen off a cliff . They have actually maintained or bettered year over year. Opps..