A recent conversation with an NHL scout proved to be very interesting. They usually are. All the good gossip comes from scouts, whether true or not. Scouts, if they trust you, will tell you about the latest trends in the game or what they think the future will look like.
When asked what the latest big trend is entering the 2015-16 NHL season, one scout replied, "Youth."
"It's all about trying to get these young guys ready as fast as possible," he said. "Everybody wants their core guys to be fully developed or close to it by their early 20s. If not, you're going to have an 'older' and maybe slower team, and everybody is scared of that. The kids coming in today can all skate like the wind."
The average NHL player age last season on opening night, according to James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail, was 27.8. Rosters have yet to be finalized for the season, which kicks off this week, but the early evidence is that the average will drop some. Heck, take out Jaromir Jagr (43 and still doing his thang), and we're probably down another half-year alone.
According to NHL Numbers, two teams (Detroit and New Jerse ...
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