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10 Years Ago: THN’s Top 50, #6
by Mike Chen on 10/03/08 at 05:44 PM ET
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If you flipped open the 1998-99 The Hockey News yearbook today, you might do a double-take when looking at the #6 player. That can’t be right, you might think, because that’s the same exact player as in 2008-09. How is that possible?
Here’s something to consider. At age 38, Wayne Gretzky was at the brink of retirement. Bobby Orr wasn’t skating anymore. Ray Bourque was still great but not considered the top defenseman in the league. Yet, up in Detroit, something just doesn’t follow that pattern of skill deteriorating with age.
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