Wow - I'm a tougher grader that you are, Gm0ney? If my glass is half full, you must have surreptitiously filled yours to the brim.
I think people are too stuck on my grades: I like to leave myself some room so that I don't have to try to enter the Matrix when I run out of grades. My B probably equals an A for others. Just semantics.
I think this team is going to make some noise - they're not going to roll over for the Ducks, that's for sure. A lot of that has to do with Chevy's TD moves, and the hiring of Maurice (and the Perreault signing, which I loved from day one).
I'm always swept away with optimism at the beginning of things - season, playoffs, projects at work, etc...
I guess I should dial things back a bit so reality doesn't end in a best-case scenario.