phillipmike
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Core control: Ranking the NHL's locked-in young talent
1. Edmonton
2. Nashville
3. St. Louis
4. Toronto
5. Winnipeg
Its a stupid list because the criteria is that the player has to be 27 and under AND signed for at least 3 years. So Matthews, Marner and Nylander don't count for us.
I don't think ESPN knows how NHL contracts work when they say;
I'm not losing sleep over it because we all know we are 1, Winnipeg is 2 and McDavid is 3.
1. Edmonton
2. Nashville
3. St. Louis
4. Toronto
5. Winnipeg
Its a stupid list because the criteria is that the player has to be 27 and under AND signed for at least 3 years. So Matthews, Marner and Nylander don't count for us.
I don't think ESPN knows how NHL contracts work when they say;
Team rankings come in all shapes and forms. We analyzed the rosters of all 31 teams to determine which franchise is best suited for the future behind a locked-in young core.
How is that determined? Given the average age of NHL players to begin the 2017-18 season was a shade over 27, we considered only players who are 27 or younger.
The rankings also factored in length of contracts -- the longer the better for young talent -- and accounted only for players who are inked for at least the next three seasons. For example, the New Jersey Devilsmight look strong at first glance, but Taylor Hall and 2017 No. 1 overall pick Nico Hischierare both signed for just two more seasons, leaving a lot up in the air.
I'm not losing sleep over it because we all know we are 1, Winnipeg is 2 and McDavid is 3.
at Hischier not counting because hey he only has 2 years left on his ELC. I knew to expect stupid when I went into an ESPN article about hockey, but they even exceeded my expectations.
