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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's not an obituary. I haven't concluded in my mind that they are going to miss the playoffs or that they can't win the division. I'm just disappointed that they are repeating a lot of the same mistakes as last season. Last season things started to click in January and the team was great over winter leading myself and many others to conclude that the slow start was due to a learning curve to a new system and head coach. That excuse doesn't hold water this season. The roster was improved on paper over last season's October roster but you can argue the record would be worse if Smith wasn't playing lights out. I'm just getting a little impatient that's all.
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Yeah, last year the excuse was "learning new system". That should not be an issue this year. In fact, it would seem the team is actually playing much worse this year, given the almost identical record, but factoring in that this year we have had the best goaltending in 10 years, while last year... you know. Early, of course, but it's also the scars of having been a fan of a team that over decades rarely fails to disappoint...