You would be a damn fool if you didn't think it should. We have much more talent this year and the kids are more experienced. Comparing this year to last and be happy with the same point total is foolish, and just proves what kind of disaster this year has been. As of today, we are in LAST f------ place with 17 games left in the season. LAST place with more talent, let that sink in for a moment. This year we should have been sniffing around a playoff position or at least making it interesting. I don't give a s--- about last year, this year is what I'm interested in, period. I wanted to see that big jump in standing, not discussing if we finish last, or second or third last. Don't try and sugar coat this year because we just went on a little run. What's transpired this year has been the worst case scenario for this franchise.@_Del_
Mapped out our records over the past 2 seasons. You're right. It's only a matter of time before this season leapfrogs last.
X axis is Games Played
Y axis is Points
This season was explained to you a million times, but you always want to compare it to last year. This year has been a disaster and there is no other way to look at it.The only reason the Coyotes weren't in "LAST" place at this point in the season prior was because Colorado managed a stunning 37 points on 6 March 2017.
The Coyotes had 53 points with 17 games last year with the best goaltending/coaching combo to grace the NHL. Without the Avs bailing us out, we'd also have been "LAST". We've got 51 points this year with "the worst ever" coaching and subpar goaltending for a horrific start in the first third of the season so far. Past that, we've been pretty good.
We went 2-15-3 in our first 20 (for a variety of reasons), and we're STILL catching up to past year's total... Please tell me again about how much better we were, and how this year is a "disaster" in comparison.
We're 18-19-8 since then. That's a good chunk of the season (70%) not a little run -- and we're still climbing. That's .489 point percentage (just over 79 pt pace). Not bad for a team that was .427 percent last year.
I didn't expect any point improvement, and the people bitching about points this season are the same ones that gloried in last year's "performance" and say we are going backwards. Why wouldn't we compare them to evaluate those claims?This season was explained to you a million times, but you always want to compare it to last year. This year has been a disaster and there is no other way to look at it.
We have much more talent this year...
I didn't expect any point improvement, and the people *****ing about points this season are the same ones that gloried in last year's "performance" and say we are going backwards. Why wouldn't we compare them to evaluate those claims?
"We should be better than last year. We are worse."
--actually we've been quite a bit better for most of the season. Look at the numbers.
"Stop comparing this season to last season"
It's not all about stats. Take Hjalmarsson for example. Look at OEL how he is starting to play much better with Demers. Keller is a talent which we have never had. You can add Stepan to that mix as well even though most expected more, but he is a step up from Hanzal.This is a subjective assertion that doesn't seem to be proved out by the numbers.
@_Del_
Mapped out our records over the past 2 seasons. You're right. It's only a matter of time before this season leapfrogs last.
X axis is Games Played
Y axis is Points
Agreed. We should have more points then last years team, 80 points ish was reasonable to expect at the beginning of the year. Forget coaching for a minute, lets assume the coaching had zero effect on our play.This season was explained to you a million times, but you always want to compare it to last year. This year has been a disaster and there is no other way to look at it.
64 point pace with a better roster this season versus 72 points last year=disasterWe're on an 80 pt pace over the last 45 games... Disaster.
We should have been in the high 80's this year. Next year, year four of the rebuild, we should expect playoffs, nothing less.Its all about progression. We weren't getting any better under the old regime.
The new one started off awfully. But turned things around. The Yotes aren't getting lucky with wins. They pass the eye and the stat test. They are a better team now than they were in October-December. I'll take it. Do I wish it were better? Absolutely. This was a development and progression year, and I can see that they are doing both.
Next season, expectations are much higher. I'm not saying playoffs, but 90 point range or bust.
It is what it is. Look at the standings. Dead last. We should be fighting for a playoff spot not deciding if we pick 1,2,3,4 or 5th in the draft. You can take little segments of the season all you want, but the truth is in the pudding. Just for your information, I'm not blaming the coaching totally for this fiasco rather the players, especially the vets who did not show up for the first twenty games. Now that the games don't matter and there is no pressure on this team we start to win. This year has been a total disaster, so don't try to sugar coat it with excuses.We're on an 80 pt pace over the last 45 games... Disaster.
A bad start many predicted because of roster turnover, young players, and a complete 180 in coaching philosophy aggravated by ECHL goaltending in what we hoped would be a development year.
Followed by first an improvement to 80 point pace over 45 game stretch, and a 11-7-6 record in 2018 (96 point pace over last 24 games).
That equals a disaster in a development year to you? Amazing.
Think I’ll drop this here....
8 minute plus video segment..... but some interesting tidbits in it.