The team last yr was also in disarray was it not? There were so many problems surrounding the team with the billboards, the owner, EK versus Hoffman, Ubergate, the coaching staff, attendance & everything else it seems that went wrong with this franchise, the list at times is overwhelming.
Clearly the coaching staff had lost the room, the best players in the room were UFAs who knew the owner couldn't afford them any more & so they were just waiting to be moved & at times played like it. Last yr's team quit in games a lot, hopefully these younger guys will not & this coaching staff will not let them quit either. While anything can happen in sports, I assume this team could earn anywhere from 65 pts to 75 pts, although even that seems optimistic to me, given they will again be a team in transition to younger players & still have a number of older players to move out. Hopefully, a player like Tkachuk might be able to carry this team with his hard work & determination & drag others with him. We'll see, but I would also like them to end up in the top 3 picks for the 2020 draft, so I'm also hoping they will be bad. It's a dichotomy.