Quoting: Bf3351
And also what player in the NHL starts to drop off a little at age 28? Are you kidding me? Where do you get this ridiculous information from?
Scientifically speaking, fast twitch muscle fibers peak at 23; your muscles are strongest at age 25; the average age for world records sports-wide is 26; endurance peaks at 27. Ovechkin just set the record for the oldest player to lead the league in scoring at 33, supposedly 1 year removed from his prime? No. Otherwise it wouldn't have been a record. Check NHL records and at age they were set at.
There is a reason why LA is in a rebuild despite having Kopitar, Doughty, Quick, Carter, Kovalchuk, Muzzin, and Martinez on their roster at the beginning of the 2018 season. You saw the same thing with Chicago. Both teams still have their championship cores yet both are on the downward trend. Pittsburgh too.
I'm/we're using superstars because their peaks will contrast with their lows. An average NHLer/athlete/person will follow the same trend.
And it's not a coincidence the worst contracts in the NHL are attached to those who were overpaid for what they did, not what they're projected to do. Look up bad nhl contracts and every single player will be in their 30s