The 10 Current Youngest Teams: Which team will be the first to win a cup?

[Killing Joke]

lol at the Rangers window is closing. Old farts, at 31, Kreider and Panarain are clearly close to being washed up.

Panarins 5 on 5 numbers are plummeting lol. They’re out of their primes.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

New Jersey. They’re the deepest with their core being the youngest. Rangers aren’t doing it and their window is closing due to the ages of Panarin and Kreider. They also don’t develop prospects.

Rangers just about made it to the cup final last year, their window is far from being closed any time soon.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

1. NJD
2. NYR
3. LAK

Are my top 3 guesses

After that

BUF/OTT/EDM/CBJ

Rounding out with DET/MTL/ARZ

I think I'm way higher on CBJ than most, and EDM has the sort of roster that can just 'get there' at any given point. NJD is such a strong team, they could win this year without surprising anyone.

 

[HuGo Sham]

It would seem to be imo, NJ or NYR but something seems to be up with Rangers this year - even with an elite goalie...I think they need to get rid of Gallant.
Buffalo is a dark horse for me if they figure out their goaltending.
I also think Montreal's right there if they do their sell-off, this March and finally
rid themselves of byron, Drouin, hoffman and Dadonoff etc..this summer
AND have a great draft with their two 1st rounders.

 

[LGB]

Very impressed with the Sabres young core. They just need to add depth. Wouldn't be surprised if they won it all as soon as next year.

 

[Dust]

Has to be the Rangers for me, they are the only team on that list that has an elite goaltender. New Jersey doesn't seem far off, Edmonton has the firepower up front, but really it could be any of the 5 playoff teams, just takes them heating up at the right time.

 

[Beerz]

I'd say New Jersey.

Jack Hughes is an incredible talent.

 

[ijuka]

Average age is not a great way to judge how young a team is. I would use Logarithmic average instead.

Example:

21, 23, 22, 38, 31, 24, 25, 33, 19 has avg 26.22 and logarithmic avg of 25.59.

26, 26, 26, 25, 25, 27, 23, 32, 26 has avg 26.22 and logarithmic avg of 26.13.

Their averages are identical, but the first team is pretty clearly younger(average's inflated by a couple of vets), and its logarithmic average indeed is much lower.

 

[McShogun99]

The homer in me wants it to be Edmonton but I'd have to go with the Rangers.

My sleeper team is whoever drafts Bedard.

The team I want to win outside of Edmonton would be Buffalo.

 

[AslanRH]

May not be this group, but Ottawa will be the team that returns the Cup to Canada

 

[GOALOFSSON]

Only other teams maybe in consideration would be Edmonton and Buffalo. But both of those franchises have been so dysfunctional for so long, I can’t in good faith put them on the list lol

I wouldn't factor that into the Buffalo equation anymore. On paper we're up there with anyone going forward.

Rangers AINEC

pfffff Rangers AINEC

If they don't win this year it'll be more than close.

New Jersey. They’re the deepest with their core being the youngest. Rangers aren’t doing it and their window is closing due to the ages of Panarin and Kreider. They also don’t develop prospects.

Not sure how much deeper/younger they'll be over Buffalo.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Buffalo or New Jersey. Stacked with talent up and down the lineup.

 

[zar]

It will never be a Canadian team.

I’ll go with Buffalo. Their core is more balanced, forwards : defencemen.

Of course I would love it to be the Oilers but I just don’t see it. I’d be OK with the Sabres finally winning a Cup. Their fans have suffered enough.

 

[pbgoalie]

As a rangers fan that doesn’t get to see that much of them, I dont know that it’s coaching or personnel, but there’s just too much time in games (I’ve seen) where Shesty is the major part of the win and the team seems to watch and stand around.

Strange team

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Very impressed with the Sabres young core. They just need to add depth. Wouldn't be surprised if they won it all as soon as next year.

Unless Buffalo goes deep this year, I think the chances of Buffalo winning the cup next year is highly unlikely. Cup winners almost always have to suffer heartbreak first before they win it all.

 

[ES]

Hughes-Hischier is such a good combination with relatively low cap hits so I say Devils.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I like what's happening in LA. They also have plenty of value to go for a big piece (or another one since they got Fiala). Let the team grow, get them a goalie, and they'll be a real good team.

 

[TheBarnIsElectric]

Has to be the Devils at this point. They are scary and still don't even have two top D prospects yet. Only long term question seems to be in G.

Pains me to say it, but next I'd say the Rangers, only because they are good and already have a goalie who can carry them through if he gets hot.

Then Buffalo.

 

[JT Kreider]

Forwards. We don’t develop forwards

We’re a goalie factory, and pretty good at developing defensemen.

Chytil seems to be doing pretty well for himself. He should be getting more hype around the league. He might be our best forward right now.

 

[EichHart]

I like the Devils core the most. Hoping for the Sabres but Buffalo sports teams are cursed.

 

[Gurglesons]

Sabres

Looking a ton like those early Avs teams.

 

[Rengorlex]

Oilers.

 

[AvalancheRy]

It's hard not to see Edmonton winning, just because McDavid is the one player you'd want on your team if building a team for a cup run. How an org wouldn't build a team to get that done at least once within the next 3-4 years is frankly hard to believe. Like you almost have to intentionally screw it up.

I think Buffalo and NJ are a few years from being serious contenders, similar to the Avs from 3-4 years ago, but they could do it. I think NYR need some of these young players to legitimately break out, and then they could do it.

 

[Mattilaus]

NJ or NYR, could be either IMO. I will say I believe NYR are close to their peak and where as NJ seems to just be getting started. I think Buffalo will be good but they need a couple more years of sustained good performance before serious consideration.

 

[Hisch13r]

It's hard not to see Edmonton winning, just because McDavid is the one player you'd want on your team if building a team for a cup run. How an org wouldn't build a team to get that done at least once within the next 3-4 years is frankly hard to believe. Like you almost have to intentionally screw it up.

I think Buffalo and NJ are a few years from being serious contenders, similar to the Avs from 3-4 years ago, but they could do it. I think NYR need some of these young players to legitimately break out, and then they could do it.

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