![]() The longer-term affects of that philosophy on a team are another story entirely. Often experience is indeed greater than youth, particularly when there is a “must win now” edict in place. There’s no debating that under Peter Laviolette, the team has favored experience over youth – Zdeno Chara over Jonas Siegenthaler, Marcus Johansson over Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, etc., but it’s not as simple as a comparison of ages. The Islanders, Rangers and Blue Jackets got younger, while the Hurricanes, Flyers and Devils saw an increase to their average roster age. They are the two oldest teams in the league. ![]() In the Metropolitan Division, the Penguins got older, while the Capitals essentially remained the same. This allows us to take a look at how off-season changes affected each of the teams. The following table below shows the average roster ages for each team at the end of last season (6/8/22) and the average team ages after yesterday’s 23-man roster deadline. Average roster ages are dynamic (changing) values throughout the season, with call-ups, injuries, etc., but the values generally stay in the same approximate range for each team. With opening night rosters now set for all 32 teams, we can begin to take our annual look at the makeup of each of the teams at the start of the 2022-23 season, including the average age for each of the opening night rosters.
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