Either next year or year after we might be in bubble zone. Even if we make it in, we never make it past round 2. I agree with many saying we're not serious contenders until about 3 years+. For now, we're just cannon fodder and I'm fine with that as long as we keep it closer (like, within 1 goal like last year and thus, entertaining) just like we did last year.
I might get flack for this comment, but I'd rather Bob Hartley screw around with lines for the first few months again so that all the players learn different things from one another, figure out what type of chemistry each players have with others, and then settle on lines maybe December and January. It would help greatly to figure out combinations if any players get injured. I'm sure some of you would love a JG-Mony-Coly line right away, but this is a rebuild. If we don't experiment now, what do we do when we lose a player during playoffs? Perhaps we will indeed get this line as a permanent line after December or something, but why settle so fast? Furthermore, we might end up with players that would make even more magic than that line. One can only dream that a big name shows up and we all ponder incredulously at how Treliving and Burke wove magic into the squad.
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