ToeMcDrag83
5-14-6-1
Did yall see the schedule for our first month next year?
Devils, Bruins, Rangers, Jets, Boston, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Washington, Nashville, Chicago
Brutal
Maybe it's early, but it's gonna be a long summer in a couple short weeks anyways. Thread discussion will get a little more interesting as draft day and July 1 approach and we start to see what teams will look like come September.
I think we're facing some largely established good teams and systems whose player movements will not move the needle a great deal. Good teams will stay good.
I like the concrete tests apparent in the first 10 games against top 10 teams.
Bruins, Jets, Preds, Pens, Caps (top 5 or 6 teams in the league) comprise of 7/10 games.
Devils, Rangers, Blackhawks not to be taken lightly ever.
We will be forced to be on our toes early in the season, I think it will be good way to avoid easing into the season assuming McLellan isn't still playing training camp.
I like that the "routine" is broken with BOA openers. Fewer assumptions going into the season will be a good thing with the change in schedule norm. Good opportunity to establish and fine tune our game with a new staff before we even touch a divisional opponent.
Early bird thread, but figure the schedule is out, might as well.