1. Chris Pronger probably did decline quite a bit in his 30s. I’d like to have data from pre-2008 to confirm this, but sadly it does not exist, He had one excellent year in Philadelphia surrounded by merely good years in his 30s with Anaheim. I suspect he was much better in his 30s.
2. I don’t watch the games, but Tom Wilson and Chris Pronger are completely different players from what my friend tells me. Aside from playing different positions, Pronger was an incredibly cerebral player in addition to being an intimidating factor, while Wilson is much more a product of his physical gifts alone. He’s not stupid or anything, but he’s not all that similar to Pronger once you go further than surface level. As an aside, this is also why my friend thinks the Justin Williams comparison isn’t really apt. Williams relied very heavily on his hockey IQ and cerebral play, which could explain why he aged so gracefully.
Noooooo shit he was better when he was younger. Way to so fully miss the point it feels like you're doing it on purpose.
The wheels didn't fall off Chris Pronger just because he got older, and he was a key part of multiple winners
despite not being as good as he was. Wilson's not an idiot and not incapable of adjusting as he ages in exactly the same way Pronger was even if they play the game different (and positions are a part of that, but obviously Pronger is elite through and through). This is about two players that consistently look like men among boys, and how projectable it is that they continue to be formidable as they age because they're working from a significant advantage to begin with.
So Wilson won't always remain a heat seeking missile, there's nothing about his hands, size, or intelligence to indicate he can't Knuble it up for a while after he's lost a step and nothing about his ability to play with top line players suggests he doesn't have a hockey IQ and is fully reliant on physical tools.
You're playing this game in spreadsheets and not on the ice where it matters, and they need Wilson a lot more than you give credit for.
EDIT: Also you still need to fully explain your point about Brouwer or else this is just latching on and diverting to a new argument, i.e. trolling, and not worth following up on.