"Dwayne Roloson did his best recently to convince an acquaintance his age is "just a number."
"Just because you're born on a certain day, people think it's an issue," he said.
Actually, it kind of is.
The Lightning goaltender, the league's oldest player, will be 42 on Oct. 12, and he is the only player in the league born in the 1960s (1969). All of which makes the level of play he has maintained even more noteworthy.
But it also means the questions he faced last season about handling the physical and mental demands of being a No. 1, especially through a long playoff run, are a year more relevant."
