Quoting: remowilliams
he is in decline look at his stats his last good yr was three years ago. hes 29 on a high paying contract. Not sure if you watch canucks games but we have our own BAD contracts and declining players. we are trying to get younger were moving in a different direction. not a good fit In my opinion.
what part of his 5v5 goals and play.....which is the one place you can look at to see if a player is declining because it's not hidden through things like PP advantage.....are on pace for his career highs.
How exactly to you plan to explain that for a "declining player."
You're argument has 0 logic in it. He's not in decline. His play is as good as it has ever been.
But you don't actually watch the games. You form opinions by listening to other bad opinions of people who don't know jack crap about players on capfriendly.
Maybe watch him play, go look at the stats where they count, and use some logic.
Players don't go on pace for career highs in 5v5 play if they are "declining"
Usually the 5v5 play is the first place you look to see if a player is declining. As that is where the numbers would show it first. Anyone can pad stats on a power play. It's not hard when you have a man advantage.