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bob_sauve28

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According to NHL numbers, we have the oldest team in our division(average age wise). I did not expect that.

It may be the same for other teams, but that age comes from the players that are listed as playing 186 days. Right now, that includes:

Michael Ryan (28)

Nolan Pratt (32)

Jocelyn Thibault (33)

 

These will be replaced by:

Patrick Kaleta (22) or Clarke MacArthur (23)

Andrej Sekera (22)

Nobody (we don't carry three goalies)

 

With those changes, our average age drops to 27.8. If you look at the forwards who are above average, you get: Max, Kotalik, Mair, Peters and Jochen. Of those, only Jochen is even close to a core player. Other than Mair, the rest will likely be gone after this season. Our core forwards are: Vanek (24), Roy (25), Pommer (25), Gaustad (26) and then guys like Paille (24) and Stafford (22). That's the "young" part of our team that everyone talks about. Our defense, on the other hand, is not young. Only Paetsch and Sekera are below 29. Even with them, our average age on D is over 30 (compared to 26 on O.) Of course, if you just swapped Numminen for Weber our average age on D would drop to 27.5 and our total average age would drop to under 27.

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