That was a critical loss. One positive thing though is that I was taking a look at Tampa's roster when they sucked and ended up drafting Drouin before bouncing back and you could see guys like Palat, Johnson, Gudas, and Killorn got a solid taste of the NHL at 21/22 before coming back the next season and being important pieces on a 102 point team.
Hopefully Zary, Pospisil, Coronato, Pelletier, and Solovyov can get themselves established this season and be (or for Zary and Pospisil continue to be) contributors next year for a stronger push.
Also, with some lottery luck or even just by dropping to draft 6 or 7, I think they can get a 1C or 1D in this draft.
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