IMO, the most overlooked thing with this team is having Sutter for a full season. He stated himself he didn't change the system coming in mid-way through the year.
It's not going to be pretty hockey but I think it will be effective. The new players brought in support that.
The damage that Bill Peters and Geoff Ward did (both for different reasons) did to this team seems to be largely ignored. I think they're still clawing their way out of that.
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