The Power are likely to have just eight players with finals experience, while the Magpies could have as many as 18.
If Tom Logan holds his place in the Power's line up the side would have just 35 finals games under its belt, with Kane Cornes and Domenic Cassisi the only players to have featured in more than five finals.
In stark contrast, Collingwood could have at least 231 games of finals experience with 16 players having played at least five finals.
Hinkley said the best way for his young players to avoid being overawed on Saturday night would be to remember the work they had done to reach this point and appreciate it.
"Finals is what they all play for… you should embrace every second you get to be a part of it because it's a great time of year," Hinkley said.
"You just go there looking forward to it. Waking up it's Saturday morning and [there's a] game of football and it's a final and I've trained, as a player, all the way through from November to now to be at this day.
"I'm not going to get overawed, I'm just going to go there and enjoy it.
"It's what they do that will get them to where they want to go."
Hinkley said he remembered Geelong's 2004 finals team, pointing out the lack of finals experience within that year's group and compared it to now.
The Cats have missed just one finals campaign since then and have finished the regular season in the top four on seven occasions – winning three flags.
"You've got to start getting that finals experience [from somewhere]," he said.
"If I think back to 2004 at Geelong, there wasn't much finals experience in the team either, but there's a significant amount in that team now.
"Hopefully we're at the start of something."
Hinkley will have an almost full list to choose from for Saturday night's final, with injured ruckman Jarrad Redden and the retired Brett Ebert the only two out of contention.
The coach admitted it would make this week's selection meetings "interesting".
"It looks like we'll have every (player) available bar I think 'Reddo' (Redden) and Brett Ebert who's retired, so we're going to have a really healthy list to pick from," he said.
"It makes selection, not difficult, but it makes it interesting.
"We’ve just got make sure we get the best people who are going to give us the best chance against Collingwood this week."
Skipper Travis Boak advised his teammates not to change their routines.
"What's got us to this place is hard work, and finals footy is about pressure and contested footy and the games we've won this year have been because we've been great at those aspects," Boak said.
"We've just got to continue to do that."
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