Maybe this time off isn't such a bad thing. We had a pretty terrible start and were in desperate need of a reset. You could see the frustration setting in. Outplaying the other teams, but not getting wins sucks, you can only survive on moral victories for so long before the play actual drops and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
There was a lot of distraction in the first 10 games. Lou getting hurt, Haley rehab, Math suspension, Mack basically ending his career, Pysyk concussion. Then the whole Finland trip.
If we lost the last game then this layoff would have been really bad for morale. But with the win, with lou back, I think the time off will be good for them to recollect and regroup. Hopefully they come back with a fresh mindset and treat it as if the last 10 games never happened.
I'm excited to see what this team is really made of. Do they fold like the doubters think? Or do they come out battling? I honestly don't know because the start to this season was so weird. Here's hoping for the latter.