As part of my story on how Nazem Kadri fits into the Leafs' group of top three centres, I put together a quick cheat sheet on how all 30 teams stack up at the position.
Some team's top three aren't 100 per cent set, so I used a few best guesses for the purposes of this chart. At right are the raw numbers in terms of age, height (in inches) and weight (in pounds). At left are the team's leaguewide rankings in those stats.
Stats |
Rank |
|||||||
Team |
Age |
Ht |
Wt |
Age |
Ht |
Wt |
||
1 |
NJD |
31.2 |
76.3 |
215 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
ATL |
28.9 |
74.0 |
213 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
|
3 |
LAK |
28.3 |
74.7 |
218 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
OTT |
29.1 |
73.3 |
207 |
5 |
11 |
5 |
|
5 |
VAN |
28.8 |
74.0 |
203 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
|
6 |
MIN |
29.2 |
73.7 |
203 |
4 |
9 |
11 |
|
7 |
PHX |
26.2 |
75.0 |
213 |
21 |
2 |
4 |
|
8 |
WSH |
25.9 |
74.3 |
206 |
22 |
4 |
6 |
|
9 |
TBL |
27.1 |
73.7 |
205 |
19 |
9 |
7 |
|
10 |
CGY |
30.8 |
72.7 |
199 |
3 |
15 |
18 |
|
11 |
BUF |
28.5 |
72.7 |
203 |
9 |
15 |
13 |
|
12 |
SJS |
26.3 |
73.3 |
205 |
20 |
11 |
7 |
|
13 |
NSH |
28.6 |
72.7 |
200 |
8 |
15 |
17 |
|
14 |
PIT |
23.1 |
74.0 |
205 |
28 |
5 |
7 |
|
15 |
ANA |
32.8 |
72.0 |
192 |
1 |
21 |
24 |
|
16 |
NYR |
28.4 |
72.0 |
201 |
10 |
21 |
16 |
|
17 |
STL |
24.5 |
73.3 |
203 |
26 |
11 |
11 |
|
18 |
CBJ |
28.0 |
72.7 |
198 |
16 |
15 |
19 |
|
19 |
MTL |
28.0 |
72.0 |
202 |
15 |
21 |
14 |
|
20 |
FLA |
28.1 |
72.3 |
198 |
13 |
19 |
19 |
|
21 |
CAR |
24.9 |
74.0 |
188 |
25 |
5 |
28 |
|
22 |
DAL |
28.2 |
72.3 |
188 |
12 |
19 |
27 |
|
23 |
CHI |
25.1 |
73.0 |
197 |
24 |
14 |
21 |
|
24 |
PHI |
28.1 |
72.0 |
191 |
14 |
21 |
25 |
|
25 |
BOS |
27.6 |
72.0 |
187 |
17 |
21 |
29 |
|
26 |
DET |
27.4 |
71.3 |
194 |
18 |
29 |
23 |
|
27 |
COL |
21.3 |
71.7 |
202 |
30 |
28 |
15 |
|
28 |
TOR |
23.7 |
72.0 |
189 |
27 |
21 |
26 |
|
29 |
EDM |
25.5 |
71.3 |
194 |
23 |
29 |
22 |
|
30 |
NYI |
22.5 |
72.0 |
185 |
29 |
21 |
30 |
I've listed the teams based on the average of their ranking in all three stats, and overall, the Islanders have the youngest, smallest group down the middle (I didn't include Doug Weight in their top three, which would have changed things in terms of age). At the other end of the scale, the Devils have the biggest, most senior group at centre with Arnott, Zajac and Zubrus.
Out of the Canadian teams, Ottawa and Vancouver are the biggest at the position.