The team 3 years ago was in a lot of close games and showed signs of what they built off the next year.
2 years ago was not perfect, but made the playoffs.
A step back last year rationalized by the 3 goalie start, Brodie's injury, Hamilton's greenness, and then too much Hiller. Oh, and advanced stats.
So far this year has been a new kind of awful on the ice. The excuses have been top players missing training camp, new coach, then the expected 18-20 games of adjustment.
These excuses are now expired and what you moving forward see is what you get.
The GM and coach should feel heat. There is a massive fall from trending up and "lucking" in to the second round of the playoffs, to being a laughingstock on the ice, the absolute worst team in the entire league to this point.
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