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Originally Posted by Levitate
I think Nash is too young and too skilled to be a complete bust, and the team around him is too good to live and die on whether he's suddenly going to turn into an 80 point player
I think we just have to be reasonable in what is expected of Nash. 65-70 points is pretty reasonable and wouldn't be a bust IMO. He's going to provide a scoring threat but hitting 40 goals or more likely won't happen (again, consider only 4 players scored 40 or more goals last year)
The Rangers signed Gaborik when he wasn't much younger than Nash. He just put up 40 goals at the age of 29/30
Now I think Gaborik is a better sniper than Nash but my point is kind of that I don't think every offensive player fails here just because this is the Rangers, and that age 28 isn't some magical age where everyone's production completely falls off a cliff
Nash may never put up career numbers in NY but I still don't see any reason to think his numbers will go down, or really do anything but return to about his average
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This is a very reasonable analysis. Nash has strengths that Gaborik does not, most importantly, he is extremely healthy. he is stronger, and can hold the puck longer, better stick handler.