[Cali Panthers Fan]

Weird. I always assumed the Panthers were bad because they had a young roster. Here are the players currently under 27 years of age:

Shawn Matthias-25
Jimmy Hayes?-24
Dmitry Kulikov-23
Nick Bjugstad-21
Erik Gudbranson-21
Jonathan Huberdeau-20
Aleksander Barkov-18
(Jakob Markstrom-23 but not currently on the team)

I mean, that's not a bad amount of youth in the lineup, but look at the amount of guys 30 or over:

Marcel Goc-30
Scottie Upshall-30
Jesse Winchester-30
Tom Gilbert-30
Brad Boyes-31
Tomas Kopecky-31
Krys Barch-33
Scott Gomez-33
Brian Campbell-34
Mike Mottau-35
Mike Weaver-35
Scott Clemensen-36
Ed Jovanovski-37
Tim Thomas-39

Also, Tomas Fleischmann and Sean Bergenheim are already 29.

Why are the Panthers so bad? Literally not a single player in their prime.

It's a good thing they have a decent prospect pool otherwise there'd be no good news for this team.