[From CapFriendly on Twitter] Oldest and youngest projected opening night lineups in the NHL (average age).

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1. Link to tweets: [oldest](https://x.com/cf_depthcharts/status/1702746507894567321?s=46&t=7fabqgtgp69dNA1d51vxFw) & [youngest](https://x.com/cf_depthcharts/status/1702746027810283761?s=46&t=7fabqgtgp69dNA1d51vxFw)

2. So we’re right in the middle at 28. Something

3. I swear the jackets have had one of the youngest rosters in the league for the last few years and it will stay young with all of the prospects coming up

4. Surprised by how young the Sabres are. I think they are going to have a really good year.

5. I guess Detroit doesn’t have a team this year.

6. It’s not the years, honey. It’s the cups.

7. are we… getting old? *fuck*

8. 26 teams in NHL ?

9. Uh, Where are the Red Wings?

10. NJD being this young and this good already, their core being locked up for a while, promising prospects coming in….This team should be dangerous for a loooong time

11. Why lists of 13&13? If it was just top 10 for each I’d get it, but if you’re going to 13 just go to 16 so that every team is listed.

12. Not at all shocked about the Penguins lol goddamn archeological dig going on at PPG Paints!

13. Wait, we’re near the top of the rankings for something, and it’s actually a positive?

    What

14. WOO oldest team to have not won a cup in the last decade!

15. Glad we downsized to 26 teams, 32 was too many anyways

16. Damn, I’m older than the average age on all teams except Pittsburgh. And I still consider myself “young”.

17. Pittsburgh no 1 ☝💪

18. Why is it in descending order on one half and ascending order on the other?

19. Canes are a little odd cause our top 6 group is very young (21, 23, 23, 24, 26, 26 iirc) but our bottom 6 is old af

20. Never thought I’d see the day the Habs was one of the youngest teams. I’m psyched to see what the kids got this year.

21. Leonardo DiCaprio must really hate Pittsburgh.

22. I keep getting older, and CBJ stay the same age.

    Alright alright alright

23. Claude Giroux single-handedly bumping the Senators from youngest to out of the top 5 😂

24. I wish they did these, but only including core players. Like if your veterans are all bottom-six wingers and expendable that should influence the collective age less than say, if some of your top-6ers and top-4 D are into their 30s

25. > 1. Pittsburgh

    > 2. Washington

    Feels right that both teams are riding into the sunset together

26. So Average age is 28ish in the league. NBA and NFL has average age of 26, so NHLers are older.

27. Is there usually a team who has an average age in the 30s?