Last year's team did not have Stone,
Last year's team did not have Hamonic
They didnt have a great goalie. In fact, had just about the worst in the NHL
Gaudreau was a contract holdout who missed camp.
Monahan was injured to start.
Brodie was out.
Gio was coming back from a nasty bicept injury.
Had a new coach and a new system to learn.
Hard to not expect an improvement from that.
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