In the NHL, ranking in at 27th for the youngest average age at 28.8. What does it mean?

Prune juice, naps, and Murder She Wrote. That's what.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

haha Murder She Wrote...

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i guess we can stop saying "we have a young core, well be better next year." time to sack up and either play up to their potential, or its time to get pieces that will.

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The Stanley cup is like sex. You win it, you lose your virginity, it feels good, you want it again. Sabres are virgins. They crave for it.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

We're so virgin, we're like extra virgin olive oil; you know the kind that comes out of an ugly can...

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Revenge is sweet... Revenge is best served cold... Revenge is ice cream.

Well our core has been together for a long time, it's time to nut up or shut up.

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Didn't you say that you are 12 years old?

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

Sarcasm, broseph - do you speak it?

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mechaphil

His voice probably hasn't cracked yet, I don't think he should be talking about virginity yet...

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Revenge is sweet... Revenge is best served cold... Revenge is ice cream.

So weird...we were one of the youngest teams a few years ago. What happened?!

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Time makes fools of us all.

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Well in all fairness, guys like Rivet, Grier, Nieds, and Hecht drive that number up pretty quickly.

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Squanto 7/27/2010

Ya, this kind of caught me by surprise, too. I just hope our older guys are well conditioned. I'm a bit worried about Nieds, because Capt. Lou may have over-played him last year. Once you over-play an old guy, who's not capable of it, he's done.

Well, then. Now or never.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

What happened? We sat on our asses

Our "young core" is in its prime; we've got either a few good years to look forward to, or a few years of good drinking.

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yeah, but almost every team has those guys that drive up the number. the NHL is odd. its a young mans game. once you hit about 23, thats when you are supposed to hit your stride. in some sports, you are 4 years away from the big time. weird.

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I was just teasing him, mechaphil (if that IS your real name). No smiley hinting at sarcasm = open game.

With as little sexual intercourse as I've experienced in my lifetime I can barely justify using that same analogy myself. And it is a good one.



As far as looking at these numbers seriously, everybody, please keep in mind that rosters are not set. About 10 teams are all around 28. Once the guys like Jay McKee are signed (34 years old) around the league the Sabres could very quickly be up to around the 15th youngest. They are done adding older players for now, a lot of other teams are not. They are like literally a .8 away from entering the top 20.

And most importantly, players ages are relevant to their ice-time, and the quality of those minutes. They have a couple of older 3rd line minute guys, and an older 3rd pairing defense men. All of which are physical beasts who taking being a professional athlete, dead serious. There's really nothing at all to worry about, it's just a snap shot of a stat that changes a lot.

It's only meaningful when a team is too young or too old. The Sabres are actually right around the middle of the pack, which is exactly where you want to be when it comes to this number.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger