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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Hedman is 34, Guenzel is 30, and Point is 29 in a week.
Hagel, Cirelli, and Vasilevsky all have birthdays before next season.
I’d say, realistically, they’re looking at another 2-3 years tops before the wheels start falling off. That’s pretty close imo.
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They can likely be a playoff team for 2 to 3 years after this. But this is their last best chance to win it all with the ages of this many top players. So that's likely why they're willing to be this aggressive in getting 2/3rds of what could be a good third line.
Crosby was 29 and turning 30 in 2 months when he last won a cup, Malkin was 30 about to turn 31. Letting turned 30 near the start of those playoffs and guys like Rust and Guentzel turned 25 and 22 that year. So you look at Tampa and their top guys are all just a bit older than that.