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Originally Posted by BigTuna
I honestly think they overachieved last season and were due for a big drop-off. They still have a great future and Roy is going nowhere.
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I think someone once mentioned something about how few (i.e. no) teams have ever followed up a new coach (usually a candidate or winning Jack Adams)+ big point jump in the standings with a 2 year matching or exceeding the previous years points. That, and a non-contender (Minnisota, though I think they have a lot of upside - more then CO) knocked out the Avs in round 1.
The hardest thing will be they go from the hunters to the hunted....pretenders to contenders... etc... making that jump is really hard to do, especially for a "tanking" team. There are a lot of talented teams that historically have never been able to make that jump.