We did have that season 3 years ago with no Patches for a while because he was injured, no Stone until months later in the season when we traded for him, no Pietrangelo, no Martinez, no Whitecloud, Schmidt missed the first 20 games and the team missed him badly because the defense was terrible (we didn’t even have the 3 guys I just mentioned for a single game), Reilly Smith and the rest of the team was cursed with all the posts they were hitting, Stastny missed a bunch of games, Haula had a terrible knee injury, other guys missed a few games, Fleury was overworked and it’s no wonder Subban started 0-5.
That team still made the playoffs. Looking back on it and I’m surprised they didn’t do worse.