Also we landed the big fish in the offseason. Frolik came here cause he thought he was joining a team on the verge of doing big things. They came off a second round exit and got to rub it in everyone's face.
That gets in your head and their perspective probably is quite different from what it was last training camp. I think it's easier for these guys to get motivated with an underdog label hanging over their heads.
Now they need to be reawakened to the reason why they got where they did in the first place. Adjusting to actually having expectations on them, and that a playoff berth won't be handed to them just a cause they did it once.
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