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Originally Posted by FanSince'01
This tweet got my interest piqued in how old this Oilers team will be come June next year and seeing how that compares that to the oldest teams that have ever won the Stanley Cup. Bear in mind that this was just some quick math based on their expected 23 man roster for this year and how old they'll be in June of next year.
Assuming Kane is still on the team and the Oilers find a way to keep Broberg and Holloway, their average age at the start of this year for their expected 23 man roster will be approximately 30.5 years old, meaning they'll be about 31.25 years old come June. Even if you subtract Kane and replace him with an average age NHL player, they would still be an average age of 31 years old come June. And obviously if they lose Broberg/Holloway and replace with average age NHL players their age would go up as well.
From what I can find (quick research, again, so apologies if it's not 100% accurate), the oldest team to ever win the cup was the 01-02 Red Wings with an average age of 30.5.
So, unless they somehow get an infusion of youth throughout the year replacing some of their older players, they would be the oldest team ever to win the cup. Seems like a stretch that they would be able to pull that off after just making the finals the year prior.
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can you indulge me and check the 67 Leafs (yes before expansion and colour TV...
) as I always remember hearing that was a particularly famous collection of fossils- now both of their goalies were ancient and the whole blueline was over 30 but in addition to 2 HOF forwards in their late 20s, I think many of their other key forwards were in their 20s also
they would have only had to go through 2 rounds of playoffs at any rate