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Originally Posted by gamesaver
Playoff teams and their top 3 produceres with age:
(over 30y in bold, no wild card teams)
Hurricanes - Sebastian Aho (25)
- Martin Necas (24)
- Andrei Svechnikov (22)
Devils - Jack Hughes (21)
- Jesper Bratt (24)
- Dougie Hamilton (29)
Rangers - Artemi Panarin (31)
- Mika Zibanejad (29)
- Adam Fox (25)
Bruins - David Pastrnak (26)
- Brad Marchand (34)
- David Krejci (36)
Leafs - Mitch Marner (25)
- William Nylander (26)
- Auston Matthews (25)
Lightning - Nikita Kucherov (29)
- Brayden Point (26)
- Steven Stamkos (34)
Stars - Jason Robertson (23)
- Roope Hintz (26)
- Joe Pavelski (38)
Jets - Kyle Connor (26)
- Josh Morrissey (27)
- Pierre-Luc Dubois (24)
Avalanche - Mikko Rantanen (26)
- Nathan MacKinnon (27)
- Cale Makar (24)
Knights - Chandler Stephenson (28)
- Jack Eichel (26)
- Mark Stone (30)
Kings - Kevin Fiala (26)
- Anze Kopitar (35)
- Adrian Kempe (26)
Kraken - Jordan Eberle (32)
- Vince Dunn (26)
- Jaren McCann (26)
Out of 36 top point producers on playoff teams only 8 of them are over 30 years old. It's clear the trend today is YOUNG = GOOD. Flames are old and their coach looks down on young talent. Has made it pretty clear this season. He will rather play Lucic and Lewis over Zary, Phillips or Pelletier. This is not a matter of if you like Sutter or not, it's more about if you care about winning and long term success. Majority of the fans around here would agree the flames are totally boring to watch right now, yet they still want to keep Sutter, because he won 2 cups 10 years ago with his boring brand of hockey. Lets not turn into Oilers, living off their ancient relics from time long forgotten...
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Not disagreeing with the point you are making on players over 30 however only 7 of the players on that list are under 25. Feels like this highlights that you need top players regardless of age and that most players are at the top of their game in their prime.