[Mony]

This question could be seriously up in the air until we found out who our goalies are going to be. Playoffs or none, I at least expect us to place better than last year and have more points by moving away from Hartley's system. But who knows, we could still be in terribad lottery territory. Who knows if Gulutzan will be any better? I personally think he will be but you never know. For god's sake, just be better than the Oilers and Canucks at least - there should be no excuse to be worse than them this year.

Next year is the huge one IMO, that should definitely be the one where we take the big, big step forward. 2017-18 is the one where we need to make the playoffs semi-comfortably if not outright, losing can no longer be an excuse after 2016-17. I'll give 2016-17 trial run, "let the chips fall where they may and try to enjoy the season no matter what" status.

If we get a good goalie in the offseason - close to playoffs or playoffs.