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Originally Posted by belsarius
Average age has remained close to the same, however I think age frequency might be a better indicator for the age distribution.
In 2011 there were 6 players over 30, compare to only 3 this year. This year there is actually a 22 year old where in 2011 the youngest were 27. There is a glaring hole in the mid 20s for both years but moving from a majority over 30 to a majority at 29/30 (which is closer to prime than old) is a move in the right direction.
Is it enough? Not at all. But I think it is a lot better move towards a younger team than just a 0.2 seems to indicate.
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Your cherrypicking is starting to border on the side of humour.
Here's another cherrypicked number for you:
Number of players under the age of 29:
2011: 3
2013: 1
Here's a few other stats for you:
Median age for that group:
2011: 31 years
2013: 30 years.
Average age removing outliers (smallest and largest):
2011: 30,6 years
2013: 30,5 years
Number of 30+ players:
2011: 7
2013: 7
Average age of our
top 5 in ATOI:
2011: 30,0 (30,7 including Kipper)
2013: 31,4 (32,2 including Kipper)
Also, the important thing to remember is that
our team is the second oldest team in the NHL. That alone should pretty much shut up any talk about how this team has become younger in any significant way.
Also, any talk about how our fourth line and scraps are pulling that number up is BS, as the truth is actually quite the opposite. On average our first line is older than our fourth line and our second line is older than our third line. Our oldest players are not Sarich and Begin (both 34), they are Iggy and Kipper.
Btw, many have also claimed that Jackman and McGrattan are old. Not really on this team, they are both 31. Their effect on the average age is minimal. Of course we could discuss the fact that for all that it matters we might as well be playing Jones (26), Horak (21) and Aliu (23), but it's just not the way this team rolls.