Based on current 20-man projected rosters these are the youngest teams in the NHL (using average age).
1. Buffalo - 25.9
2. Columbus - 25.9
3. Detroit - 26.1
4. New Jersey - 26.1
5. Anaheim - 26.3
6. Ottawa - 26.3
7. NY Rangers - 26.4
8. Arizona - 26.5
9. Vancouver - 26.5
Max Domi's NHL journey:
Drafted and signed by Arizona
Rights traded to Montreal
Signed by Montreal
Rights traded to Columbus
Signed by Columbus
Traded to Carolina (via Florida)
Signed by Chicago
Traded to Dallas
Signed by Toronto
Still only 28 years old.
Based on our current projected lineups (20-man game rosters) here all 31 teams ranked from youngest to oldest:
1. NYR
2. CBJ
3. NJ
4. COL
5. WPG
6. BUF
7. CGY
8. TOR
9. CHI
10. PHI
11. EDM
12. CAR
13. LAK
14. ARZ
15. OTT
16. PIT
17. FLA
18. STL
19. ANA
20. TBL
....
Based on current 20-man projected rosters these are the oldest teams in the NHL (using average age).
1. Pittsburgh - 30.0
2. Washington - 29.7
3. Tampa Bay - 29.1
4. St. Louis - 28.8
5. NY Islanders - 28.6
6. Toronto - 28.1
7. Vegas - 28.0
8. Dallas - 27.7
9. San Jose - 27.6
Alex Galchenyuk's NHL journey:
Drafted by Montreal
Re-signed by Montreal
Traded to Arizona
Traded to Pittsburgh
Traded to Minnesota
Signed by Ottawa
Traded to Carolina
Traded to Toronto
Signed by Arizona
Signed by Colorado
Rights traded to Nashville
Signed by Arizona
Based on current projected rosters, these are the youngest top-6 defensemen groups in the NHL (using average age).
1. Buffalo - 23.0
2. NY Rangers - 23.7
3. Calgary - 25.0
4. Columbus - 25.0
5. NY Islanders - 25.0
6. Anaheim - 25.5
7. Chicago - 25.7
8. Detroit - 26.0
Lowest cost per goal among standard contracts this season:
Conor Garland - $48,438
Tyler Ennis - $61,538
Lucas Wallmark - $67,500
Derek Grant - $70,000
Andrew Mangipane - $71,500
Anthony Deangelo - $77,083
Anthony Duclair - $78,571
Robby Fabbri - $81,818
Tyler Bertuzzi - $82,353
Anthony Duclair's NHL journey so far:
Drafted by NY Rangers
Signed by NY Rangers
Traded to Arizona
Re-signed by Arizona
Traded to Chicago
Signed by Columbus
Traded to Ottawa
Re-signed by Ottawa
Signed by Florida
Re-signed by Florida
Traded to San Jose
Still only 27 years old.
Most picks in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft:
Nashville - 13
Arizona - 12
San Jose - 12
Chicago - 11
Montreal - 11
Detroit - 10
Seattle - 10
Anaheim - 9
Carolina - 9
Columbus - 9
Philadelphia - 9
St. Louis - 9
Buffalo - 8
Forwards with the largest cap hit without a goal this season. (min 12 GP)
M. Lucic ($6M)
T. Teravainen ($5.4M)
J. Drouin ($5M)
K. Yamamoto ($3.1M)
V. Namestnikov ($2.5M)
O. Lindblom ($2.5M)
C. Cizikas ($2.5M)
N. Bonino ($2.05M)
B. Hayton ($1.775M)
There are still 31 RFAs that need to be signed this offseason. Some of the biggest names include...
Mitch Marner
Brayden Point
Mikko Rantanen
Matthew Tkachuk
Kyle Connor
Patrik Laine
Brock Boeser
Travis Konecny
Zach Werenski
Charlie McAvoy
Ivan Provorov
Key
#LGRW
acquisitions this offseason.
Alex DeBrincat
J.T. Compher
Christian Fischer
Klim Kostin
Daniel Sprong
Justin Holl
Shayne Gostisbehere
James Reimer
Players on season opening rosters who played 0 regular season games in the NHL last year:
Leo Carlsson (ANA)
Pavel Mintyukov (ANA)
Tristan Luneau (ANA)
Logan Cooley (ARZ)
Matthew Poitras (BOS)
John Beecher (BOS)
Zach Benson (BUF)
Connor Bedard (CHI)
Kevin Korchinski (CHI)
Luke Schenn’s NHL journey:
Drafted by Toronto
Traded to Philadelphia
Traded to Los Angeles
Signed by Arizona
Signed by Anaheim
Traded to Vancouver
Signed by Tampa Bay
Signed by Vancouver
Traded to Toronto
Signed by Nashville
Schenn has also been placed on waivers 5 times.
Based on current projected lineups, these teams have the youngest average ages.
Columbus - 25.3
Ottawa - 25.4
New Jersey - 25.5
Arizona - 25.8
Buffalo - 25.8
Montreal - 26.2
Vancouver - 26.5
Florida - 26.9
Chicago - 27.2
San Jose - 27.3
Oldest projected opening night lineups in the NHL (average age).
Pittsburgh - 30.8
Washington - 29.7
NY Islanders - 29.1
Dallas - 28.8
Carolina - 28.7
Boston - 28.6
San Jose - 28.6
NY Rangers - 28.5
Edmonton - 28.5
Colorado - 28.5
Toronto - 28.5
Minnesota - 28.3
Tampa Bay - 28.2
Based on current projected lineups, these teams have the oldest average ages.
Pittsburgh - 31.1
Washington - 29.6
NY Islanders - 29.0
Toronto - 28.6
Boston - 28.5
Edmonton - 28.5
NY Rangers - 28.4
Carolina - 28.4
Dallas - 28.4
Calgary - 28.2
In summary, the
#Flyers
have now traded away Shayne Gostisbehere, Robert Hagg, one first round pick, two 2nd round picks and a 7th round pick for Rasmus Ristolainen.
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Longest tenured NHL head coaches (with date hired):
Jon Cooper - Mar. 25, 2013
Mike Sullivan - Dec. 12, 2015
Jared Bednar - Aug. 25, 2016
Rod Brind'Amour - May 8, 2018
Andre Tourigny - July 1, 2021
Martin St. Louis - Feb. 9, 2022
Bruce Cassidy - June 14, 2022
John Tortorella -
Highest cost per point among forwards signed to a standard contract (min. 20 GP):
Justin Abdelkader - $587,398
Frans Nielsen - $411,585
Jay Beagle - $375,000
Milan Lucic - $358,537
Mark Jankowski - $272,358
Loui Eriksson - $252,033
Kyle Okposo - $237,805
Jeff Skinner - $231,065
Here's what Colorado ended up with from the Matt Duchene trade (and other transactions related to it):
Samuel Girard
Vladislav Kamenev
Shane Bowers
Bowen Byram
Matthew Stienburg
Justus Annunen
Danila Zhuraviyov
McDavid Update:
He now has 13 points through 5 games. On pace for 213 points.
Multiple points in every game so far.
Meanwhile, Leon Draisaitl is up to 11 points after a 3 point night.
Lindy Ruff cracking jokes about
#NJDevils
Jack Hughes and if there is yet another level to achieve in his game:
"Coach is always looking for more, I wish he had 15 points."
🤣
Taylor Hall's NHL journey so far:
Drafted by Edmonton
Traded to New Jersey
Won 2017-18 Hart Trophy
Traded to Arizona
Signed by Buffalo
Traded to Boston
Re-signed with Boston
Traded to Chicago
He's worn
#4
,
#9
,
#91
and
#71
.
Based on current projected rosters, these are the youngest top 12 forward groups in the NHL.
1. Ottawa - 24.4
2. New Jersey - 25.4
3. Columbus - 25.6
4. Minnesota - 25.7
5. Vancouver - 25.7
6. Buffalo - 25.9
7. Detroit - 26.0
8. Florida - 26.0
9. Los Angeles - 26.0
These are the NHL's youngest teams this year if you factor in how much playing time each player has gotten.
1. Buffalo
2. Detroit
3. New Jersey
4. Ottawa
5. NY Rangers
6. Arizona
7. Montreal
8. Columbus
9. Colorado
10. Nashville
Even strength goal leaders:
Jack Hughes - 29
Mikko Rantanen - 27
Jason Robertson - 26
David Pastrnak - 24
Connor McDavid - 24
Mark Scheifele - 22
Carter Verhaeghe - 22
Alex Ovechkin - 22
William Nylander - 21
Brayden Point - 21
Jared McCann - 20
Sidney Crosby - 19
Shane Doan played 74 games in Winnipeg before the team moved to Arizona.
Josh Doan will play 11 games in Arizona before the same franchise moves to Utah.
#Yotes
Anthony Duclair's NHL journey:
Drafted by NY Rangers
Traded to Arizona
Traded to Chicago
Signed by Columbus
Traded to Ottawa
Signed by Florida
Traded to San Jose
Traded to Tampa Bay
He's still only 28 years old.
Based on projected 20-man game rosters, here are the 10 youngest teams in the NHL:
1. NJD - 25.0
2. CBJ - 25.2
3. ANA - 25.6
4. OTT - 25.8
5. NYR - 26.0
6. DET - 26.3
7. COL - 26.4
8. BUF - 26.5
9. NSH - 26.5
10. CAR - 26.6
Average ages of the projected game 1 lineups for the conference finalists:
Dallas - 29.8
Edmonton - 29.2
Florida - 28.4
NY Rangers - 28.3
The average age of an NHL player is around 27 years old.
Since the start of last season the
#Leafs
have traded away the following players:
Connor Carrick
Josh Leivo
Carl Grundstrom
Sean Durzi
Par Lindholm
Fedor Gordeev
Patrick Marleau
Connor Brown
Nikita Zaitsev
Nazem Kadri
Calle Rosen
Dakota Joshua
Garret Sparks
Andreas Borgman
Most visited depth charts yesterday:
1. Detroit
2. Ottawa
3. Toronto
4. Columbus
5. Carolina
6. Vancouver
7. Edmonton
8. Montreal
9. NY Rangers
10. Pittsburgh
Now that the dust has settled on season opening rosters, here are the youngest projected 20-man game rosters for the upcoming season.
1. Buffalo
2. Ottawa
3. Arizona
4. Columbus
5. New Jersey
6. Vancouver
7. NY Rangers
8. Detroit
9. Montreal
10. Philadelphia
Best faceoff % in the NHL (minimum 200):
Jonathan Toews - 63.3%
Patrice Bergeron - 61.3%
Claude Giroux - 60.2%
Jamie Benn - 59.8%
Chandler Stephenson - 59.8%
Jeff Carter - 59.1%
Michael McLeod - 58.9%
Mark Kastelic - 58.8%
Paul Stastny - 58.7%
Luke Glendening - 58.5%
Using projected lineups, here the 5 youngest and 5 oldest teams.
Youngest:
New Jersey
NY Rangers
Ottawa
Columbus
Colorado
Oldest:
Washington
Dallas
Edmonton
NY Islanders
Pittsburgh
Islanders will only get older if then end up signing any of Parise/Palmieri/Zajac.
Youngest projected opening night lineups in the NHL (average age).
Columbus - 25.5
Arizona - 25.7
Buffalo - 25.9
Montreal - 25.9
New Jersey - 25.9
Ottawa - 26.3
Vancouver - 26.9
Florida - 27.2
Chicago - 27.4
Philadelphia - 27.5
Los Angeles - 27.7
Anaheim - 27.7
Calgary - 27.8
Erik Haula’s NHL journey so far:
Drafted by Minnesota
Expansion pick of Vegas
Traded to Carolina
Traded to Florida
Signed by Nashville
Signed by Boston
Traded to New Jersey
Re-signed by New Jersey
Some unfamiliar names you might see on season opening rosters today:
Pavol Regenda (ANA)
A.J. Greer (BOS)
John-Jason Peterka (BUF)
Filip Roos (CHI)
Wyatt Johnston (DAL)
Elmer Soderblom (DET)
James Hamblin (EDM)
Brandt Clarke (LA)
Paul Cotter (VGK)
Best SV% in "high-danger" locations according to the NHL Edge statistics:
Thatcher Demko - 0.967 😲
Jeremy Swayman - 0.927
Jonas Johansson - 0.893
Jake Oettinger - 0.870
Ville Husso - 0.862
Jacob Markstrom - 0.860
Joseph Woll - 0.849
Linus Ullmark - 0.848
Alexandar Georgiev -
Starting a thread tracking the players that have opted out of the NHL restart. So far we have:
Steven Kampfer (BOS)
Travis Hamonic (CGY)
Mike Green (EDM)
Karl Alzner (MTL)
Sven Baertschi (VAN)
Most players on current projected lineups (20-man game rosters) who are homegrown draft picks:
PHI - 12
BOS, CGY, CBJ, LA, WPG - 11
ANA, NJ, STL, WSH - 10
Patrice Bergeron's NHL journey:
Drafted by Boston
Re-signed by Boston (4x)
Retired
Played 1294 regular season games, plus 170 more in the playoffs.
6 Selke Awards
1 King Clancy Award
1 Mark Messier Award
1 Stanley Cup
Since the start of last season Chicago has acquired the following players via trade:
Brendan Perlini
Dylan Strome
Zack Smith
Andrew Shaw
Dominik Kubalik
Drake Caggiula
Olli Maatta
John Quenneville
Slater Koekkoek
Calvin De Haan
Alex Nylander
Aleksi Saarela
The Maple Leafs have placed defenceman TJ Brodie, goaltender Jack Campbell, defenceman Travis Dermott, head coach Sheldon Keefe and assistant coach Spencer Carbery into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol.
Two years into it's existence, the Vegas Golden Knights have eight players on their roster that were acquired directly from the expansion draft.
Jonathan Marchessault
William Karlsson
Cody Eakin
William Carrier
Nate Schmidt
Brayden McNabb
Jon Merrill
Marc-Andre Fleury
Based on current projected 20-man rosters, these teams have the most players acquired via the draft.
NY Islanders - 11
Anaheim - 10
Buffalo - 10
Columbus - 10
Dallas - 10
Edmonton - 10
Minnesota - 9
Nashville - 9
New Jersey - 9
Philadelphia - 9
Winnipeg - 9
Anton Forsberg's journey:
Signed by Edmonton
Placed on waivers
Claimed by Carolina
Placed on waivers
Claimed by Winnipeg
Placed on waivers
Claimed by Ottawa
Gets first start
Fun fact:
All 6 players from yesterday's Montreal Canadiens' top two lines were acquired via trade.
Tomas Tatar
Phillip Danault
Jordan Weal
Jonathan Drouin
Nick Suzuki
Joel Armia
Alex Nylander's NHL journey so far:
Drafted by Buffalo (8th overall)
Traded to Chicago
Traded to Pittsburgh
Traded to Columbus
He has 34 points in 98 career NHL games.
Goals per game among defensemen last season (min. 2 goals):
1. M. Dumba - 0.38
2. K. Letang - 0.25
3. M. Rielly - 0.24
4. S. Weber - 0.24
5. M. Giordano - 0.22
6. E. Gustafsson - 0.22
7. D. Hamilton - 0.22
8. B. Burns - 0.20
9. T. Chabot - 0.20
10. T. Barrie - 0.18
Currently 132 NHL players in COVID protocol. Teams with the most:
Calgary - 20
Toronto - 11
Detroit - 11
Boston - 10
Carolina - 8
Nashville - 8
Edmonton - 7
Florida - 7
Columbus - 6
Stats since the big
#CBJ
-
#GoJetsGo
trade earlier this season.
Roslovic - 22 PTS in 31 GP
Laine - 14 PTS in 28 GP
Dubois - 14 PTS in 23 GP
Roslovic will be a healthy scratch tonight.
Biggest game of the year for Colorado and they are missing the following players due to injury.
Philipp Grubauer
Pavel Francouz
Gabriel Landeskog
Joonas Donskoi
Matt Calvert
Erik Johnson
Conor Timmins
Colin Wilson
Top available free agents as of Monday morning
Alex Pietrangelo
Mike Hoffman
Tyler Toffoli
Evgenii Dadonov
Erik Haula
Corey Perry
Mikael Granlund
Anthony Duclair
Sami Vatanen
Zdeno Chara
Andreas Athanasiou
Carl Soderberg
Dominik Kahun
Lucas Wallmark
Travis Hamonic
Ilya Kovalchuk
As of current projected 20-man game rosters, here are the 15 youngest NHL teams:
BUF - 24.3
NYR - 24.5
OTT - 24.5
NJD - 24.6
CHI - 25.9
LAK - 26.0
CBJ - 26.1
VAN - 26.2
CAR - 26.6
CGY - 26.7
FLA - 26.7
COL - 26.8
PHI - 27.0
SJS - 27.4
ANA - 27.5
Nick Bonino’s NHL journey:
Drafted by San Jose
Traded to Anaheim
Traded to Vancouver
Traded to Pittsburgh
Signed by Nashville
Traded to Minnesota
Signed by San Jose
Traded to Pittsburgh
Top free agents as of Tuesday morning:
Mike Hoffman
Evgenii Dadonov
Erik Haula
Corey Perry
Mikael Granlund
Anthony Duclair
Sami Vatanen
Zdeno Chara
Andreas Athanasiou
Carl Soderberg
Dominik Kahun
Travis Hamonic
Ilya Kovalchuk
Cody Ceci
Matt Martin
Derick Brassard
Conor Sheary
Now that the dust has settled after the trade deadline, let's take a look at the oldest and youngest teams using the current projected 20 man game rosters.
Oldest:
Edmonton - 29.9
Pittsburgh - 29.9
NY Islanders - 29.3
Carolina - 29.1
Washington - 29.1
Nashville - 29.1
Seattle -
Brendan Lemieux’s NHL journey so far:
Drafted by Buffalo
Rights traded to Winnipeg
Signed by Winnipeg
Traded to NY Rangers
Re-signed by NY Rangers
Traded to Los Angeles
Re-signed by Los Angeles
Traded to Philadelphia
Signed by Carolina?
He’s also been suspended three times.