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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
No one is expecting a team to have a St. Louis like turnaround 2 years in a row but for shots and giggles I looked at the NHL standings this time last year.
The conference finalists Hurricanes were outside the playoff picture and the Sabres were in it.
The Islanders were outside the playoffs and the Rangers were in.
Vegas was outside, Anaheim was in and Minnesota was 2nd in the conference.
It’s a long season, lots can still happen. Team just needs to find their A game.
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They absolutely can turn it around and make the playoffs, especially with Rittich playing so well.
I’m just afraid that if that happens and they get totally crushed again in the first round, we’ll forget about how brutal this stretch was and treat another playoff failure as another learning curve. Hopefully I’m just completely wrong about everything and they win a couple rounds in the playoffs or hell, maybe they even win the cup.
But if none of that happens, something major needs to change.