Veteran players playing in their 1st playoffs

[Filthy Dangles]

Taylor Hall. Who else?

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[HockeyRulez]

Keith Kinkaid

 

[VicVinegar]

Kane

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Kane

Hmmm your right. I know he was on Winnipeg that one year they made it. Was he hurt when that Jets team got swept by the Ducks?

 

[Langdon Alger]

Hmmm your right. I know he was on Winnipeg that one year they made it. Was he hurt when that Jets team got swept by the Ducks?

Traded during that season.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Traded during that season.

Correct. Thought it was that offseason for some reason.

 

[MattMartin]

Correct. Thought it was that offseason for some reason.

How could you forget the greatest tank ever? Buffalo traded for him while he was out for the rest of the season.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

If he sees the ice, Yakupov

 

[Not So Mighty]

If he sees the ice, Yakupov

Is Yak considered a vet?

Edit: Hmm. 24 and six seasons into his career. Yeah, I suppose he kind of is.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Is Yak considered a vet?

Edit: Hmm. 24 and six seasons into his career. Yeah, I suppose he kind of is.

It does raise a good question

What is the criteria for being considered a vet?

It's pretty interesting as I suspect there will he several different answers.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

It does raise a good question

What is the criteria for being considered a vet?

It's pretty interesting as I suspect there will he several different answers.

Conceptually, if you aren't a rookie, you are a vet.

Definitionally, NHL says 30 games played in prior season, or 100 career games (for purpose of the rule that says that teams must start 8 veterans in preseason games)

Practically, people around here might figure it's someone of a certain age or with a number of seasons played

I think there is no right answer. Personally, if a guy has played 5 seasons, I think he's a vet . But that's just an arbitrary cutoff.

 

[IamNotADancer]

If he sees the ice, Yakupov

Watch him win the Conn Smythe for the ultimate troll job

 

[ElLeetch]

What is the criteria for being considered a vet?

I'd go with 8-10 years.

 

[John Matthews]

Is Yak considered a vet?

Edit: Hmm. 24 and six seasons into his career. Yeah, I suppose he kind of is.

Veteren bust perhaps.

 

[GellMann]

Eichel/McDavid are going into their 4th seasons next years and they still feel like kids to me, so veteran status is obtained sometime after that point, it is hereby decreed.

 

[Kingfan1967]

Tobias Rieder for LA

312 regular season games , no playoffs til now

 

[SovietWings]

It does raise a good question

What is the criteria for being considered a vet?

It's pretty interesting as I suspect there will he several different answers.

All players younger than Jagr are rookies

 

[Plural]

I'd go with 8-10 years.

That seems tad high to me. How many players even have 10 year careers? I'd say 5-ish seasons is more reasonable.

 

[Hynh]

It does raise a good question

What is the criteria for being considered a vet?

It's pretty interesting as I suspect there will he several different answers.

In terms of this thread? A combo of age and games played. Taylor Hall is a vet. Tyler Pitlick isn't. They're the same age but the games played are different. Riley Sheahan is a vet. MacKinnon isn't (IMO). They entered the league the same year but MacKinnon's age keeps him a non-vet.

I think 25 years old and at least 320 games played is a good measure. If you're mid-20s and have 4 full seasons worth of games, you're no longer a kid.

 

[Plural]

Laine might have 400+ games (RS+playoffs) around the time he turns 23. That would probably make him a veteran, no?