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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
I think that last season was the perfect storm of factors that kept a good team from earning a playoff spot. And the roster this season is at least as good as last season, if not slightly better and more evenly distributed. It will take a lot of bad things happening together to prevent this team from doing what it should have been able to do last season.
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I've said elsewhere that, even with the same roster and the same coach, that team makes the POs more times than not (heck, they did it the year before with Elliott and Johnson in net).
I don't think the roster is slightly better - it's a lot better as far as team scoring is concerned. Plus, I don't think Backlund has a subpar shooting percentage again. Frolik will go back to a normal shooting percentage, though he may not get the ice time he did, and the third line will be solidified as a result. The bottom line will almost certainly contribute a few more goals.