Half full. They have a better group of young players than they've had in ages. After this season a few of the not so pretty contracts will be coming off the books as well. I still think the young players will continue to learn and improve.
The team is starting to play much better 5 on 5 which is nice, but specials teams are an obvious sore thumb. They need to fix that however possible, as soon as possible before bad habits become irreversible.
Coming into this year I wasn't expecting them to make the playoffs but to at least show some progression and possibly contend for a wild card spot. It's obviously been disappointing but I still think they can turn it around and come into next season strong. I also expect a couple of kids from the AHL team to continue their strong play and really make a push next camp.
Oh and, rebuilds suck and require patience.
Half full!
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