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Martin St. Louis Still Productive
by Paul on 10/13/09 at 07:50 AM ET
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from John Romano of the St. Petersburg Times,
His story will always be told the same way. It has to be. You just don’t rise up from out of nowhere to become a Hart Trophy winner on a Stanley Cup champion team. And so, yes, the legend of Marty St. Louis was settled long ago.
But do you know what’s crazy? In some ways, the later years are just as remarkable as the early days. All this time later, St. Louis is back to defying the odds just as he did as an undrafted free agent more than a decade ago.
Look at the NHL’s top 20 or so scoring leaders this morning. You will see Alex Ovechkin, aged 24. And Dany Heatley, aged 28. You will see 23-year-old Evgeni Malkin and 21-year-old Nicklas Backstrom. And in the middle of the bunch is St. Louis, in all of his 34-year-old glory.
It is not a fluke, and it is not likely to change anytime soon. A year ago, he was the oldest player among the NHL’s top 20 scorers, and it’s a pretty good bet he will not budge in 2009-10.
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