Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Maple Leafs are getting younger

It's not hard to figure out that the Maple Leafs are getting younger. As illustrated in the chart below, at the start of the season the average age of the 24 players that were on the Leaf roster was 27.6. Today, after 60 games the average age has slipped to 26.2. I will revisit the average age after the trade deadline when it is expected a few more veterans will be shipped out.

Player

G1

G60

Age

Beauchemin

Y

Y

29

Blake

Y

N

36

Bozak

N

Y

23

Exelby

Y

Y

28

Finger

Y

Y

30

Grabovski

Y

Y

26

Hagman

Y

N

30

Hanson

N

Y

23

Giguere

N

Y

32

Gunnarsson

N

Y

23

Gustavsson

Y

Y

25

Kaberle

Y

Y

31

Kessel

Y

Y

22

Komisarek

Y

Y

28

Kulemin

Y

Y

23

Mayers

Y

N

35

Mitchell

Y

Y

25

Orr

Y

Y

27

Phaneuf

N

Y

24

Ponikarovsky

Y

Y

29

Primeau

Y

Y

33

Rosehill

Y

Y

24

Schenn

Y

Y

20

Sjostrom

N

Y

26

Stajan

Y

N

26

Stalberg

Y

Y

24

Stempniak

Y

Y

27

Toskala

Y

N

32

Wallin

Y

Y

29

White

Y

N

25

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