I think last year was an anomaly, i see alot of teams below them making greater strides, better talent pools, San Jose, Columbus, Seattle
I could see the team "sneak" into the playoffs, but IMO sooner or later the lack of "higher end draft picks" will eventually catch up with them.
I get a sense that players like coronato, Parekh, zary, wolf, have alot of expectations placed on them, not sure it's a balanced healthy approach for a rebuilding team, living in Edmonton I saw this with hall, Nugent Hopkins, nurse, etc, the first rebuild fell apart and they had to kind of do another rebuild in McDavid and draisaitl, hopefully we are a little more patient
Hoping this team starts to compete in about 3-4 years, but being a small market team where it is hard to attract "marquee" free agents, and the lack of premier prospects within the pipeline, it does concern me.
Hope I am wrong, but this will always be my team, as I bleed the "sea of red"
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