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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
You could say the same about our team and point to how Gio is 31, Hudler is 31, Stajan is 31, Wideman is 32, and Engelland is 32 (turns 33 this week). We brought in Hiller who is 33.
Reality is both teams are in a transition period. Neither went full Oiler on their rebuild but both teams have made an obvious effort to get way younger.
The Kesler trade pretty much forced Vancouver to start building for the future... yes they have no real replacement in place for the Sedins, which is a similar situation to how we'll need to eventually cover for Gio's aging with a stronger Blueline.
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Nah, we are in much better shape for the future than the canucks are. You are cherry picking older players from our roster to match the older players form theirs, and not taking enough into account the role/importance of those players on each team.
Just go look at the average age of each teams top 5 or even top 10 scorers.
Their top 5: 33, 33, 33, 26, 31
Our top 5: 30, 21, 20, 31, 31
...plus we haven't even had Bennett suit up for us yet.