Quoting: ChiHawk
The reality is we are talking about Kane, not the average 34 year old player. Kane is exceptional not average. Kane is in the top 10 player in the league, you can bet he's going be a ppg 3 years from now. He's on pace for 38 goals and 92 points playing on a bad team. He's not digressing.
POJ is no longer a 1st round pick, he's 20 years old and playing his first AHL season after a so so stint in the QMHL. He has all of 3 points in the AHL....nothing exceptional. He's 6'2" and only 161lbs, it's hard to see if this guy is going to play at the NHL let alone stick in the AHL.
In addition you threw in a bunch of useless junk. Everyone here is saying you are way off and you are arguing with everyone. At some point you'd hope you realize everyone is not wrong and perhaps you are.
You don't know any of that about Kane, you are hoping and projecting.
You can look back at the list of 34+ players who are 5'10, generously I might add.. It's like finding where's waldo. One of the the biggest correlations of a players durability has been their size. Their able to physically still compete.
34 years old and 5'10
https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/active&limits=age-34-46,height-63-70
So please don't come tell me about what you know.
You don't know anything. You hope. But wheels come off fast and guys get sick of being hit.
I'm not saying there aren't any guys 34 + under 6 feet, but how many of them are the player they use to be. None.
You want to assume he'll be a 90 point player then. Like he is today. But you don't know that and all stats show that's probably not the case. A lot of really great players fall off. Yes they might still be able to ice a role, but it's not the role they use to have and dominate. Even Bergeron in Boston plays a different role than what he use to. His Ozone starts are up to 62%, they were never that high, his whole career they were 40 something percent. Why? Because they are trying to get the best of what they can out of him, without wearing him down. Because even they know he's not the same guy. Still a great player playing above his age though, but between him and OV who's a 6'3 240lb bull, You don't really have anyone playing at that PPG pace.
You look at Kane, He's had 60-70% Ozone starts his whole career. There is no hiding him when the decline happens. And it will, time is undefeated.
You got a 50/50 chance at best he plays at a ppg level at 35. I would say it's less.
So don't tell me he's a 10 mil player at 34-35. He's most likely not. That's just you unwilling to recognize reality.