Laineux
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- Aug 1, 2011
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Lately there has been a lot of talk that the league is dominated by young, sometimes even teenaged men. Does this claim really hold water?
First of all, let's look at Corsica's player rankings to see who are the most impactful players in the league currently.
1. McDavid (21)
2. Crosby (30)
3. Bergeron (32)
4. Marchand (30)
5. Ovechkin (32)
6. Kucherov (24)
7. Hall (26)
8. MacKinnon (22)
9. Malkin (31)
10. Tarasenko (26)
NHL Player Ratings, NHL Player Rankings
Half of the top 10 are 30 or over! The trend of young domination seems to be almost excusively limited to one outlier! Where are the young guns that are supposed to dominate this league?
The truth is that we didn't see any of them do squat in the Stanley Cup finals. It seems that 30 is still much closer to a players best age than 20. Do you think that this trend of young > old is much overblown?
First of all, let's look at Corsica's player rankings to see who are the most impactful players in the league currently.
1. McDavid (21)
2. Crosby (30)
3. Bergeron (32)
4. Marchand (30)
5. Ovechkin (32)
6. Kucherov (24)
7. Hall (26)
8. MacKinnon (22)
9. Malkin (31)
10. Tarasenko (26)
NHL Player Ratings, NHL Player Rankings
Half of the top 10 are 30 or over! The trend of young domination seems to be almost excusively limited to one outlier! Where are the young guns that are supposed to dominate this league?
The truth is that we didn't see any of them do squat in the Stanley Cup finals. It seems that 30 is still much closer to a players best age than 20. Do you think that this trend of young > old is much overblown?