Roomtemperature
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The fact that Forsberg at 29 and with his history and Lidstrom in his age 32 season were considered so high is telling on how valuable GM's (at least the small sample here) valued those 2 players at the time.
The same goes for Mario but maybe it was for a GM who thought he needed just one extra piece.
These types of polls are interesting but need to be taken with a grain of salt as I remember one poll were Federov was voted best skater but 8-9 coaches one year then only by 1-2 the next.
That and only 16 of the 30 GM's responding make it interesting but not much value behind it IMO.
But its hard to fault a gm for not predicting that a player is going to play well despite playing past the age of decline.