Following up on a look at the average age of NHL teams, here's a look at the average weight of the 30 teams through the first two weeks of the season:

San Jose's been a big team and Detroit a small one for a few years now, but there are some surprises in there. Montreal, for instance, ranks far higher than Philadelphia in the size category, at least based on average weight. And young teams like Los Angeles and Phoenix have terrific size as well.

What follows is a look at this data (and the age data) based on breaking it down into forwards and defencemen. First, the blueliners:

I hope all of that's pretty straightforward. Essentially, it says that a team like the Sabres has a defence core that is the oldest in the league and is on the small side, 25th in the NHL, at an average of 203.5 pounds.

On the flipside, Columbus has the second-youngest blueline and one that is the fourth biggest at an average of 213.5 pounds.

The oldest bluelines: Buffalo, Colorado, Anaheim, Detroit, Montreal
The youngest: Tampa Bay, Columbus, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington

The biggest: Ottawa, San Jose, Vancouver, Columbus, Los Angeles
The smallest: Detroit, N.Y. Islanders, Atlanta, New Jersey, Nashville

And here are the averages for forwards:

The oldest forwards: Tampa Bay, Anaheim, New Jersey, Detroit, Colorado
The youngest: Chicago, Phoenix, Columbus, Los Angeles, Edmonton

The biggest: San Jose, Edmonton, Tampa Bay, Ottawa, Montreal
The smallest: Boston, Carolina, N.Y. Islanders, Dallas, St. Louis

Now, I should clarify that this is only among players who have played in at least one game so far this season, so Chris Chelios, for example, isn't being counted on Detroit's blueline. Also, if a player has played one game or six or seven, they're all counted equally in the averaging. Even so, this should give you a good idea of where teams stack up, size and youth wise.

The Bruins, for example, have just three forwards listed over 200 pounds and are just middle of the pack on the blueline despite having 255 pound Zdeno Chara bumping that average way, way up.

The Sharks, meanwhile, are big all over, with only the 195-pound Joe Pavelski under 200 pounds up front, and a pair of 240+ pounders in Doug Murray and Alexei Semenov on the back end.