The ironic thing about last season is how little the roster itself mattered. All kinds of injuries to almost every key veteran player, but still a rowdy second half that moved them up the standings.
To me the big thing this year is sustaining that culture and work ethic. Not easy to do two years in a row ... do they collapse and fall into a huge losing streak and last place? Or take some greater prospect pushes, better goaltending and that crazy work ethic to actually move out of or to the top 20 in the league?
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