You literally said they were desperate. I wouldn't say a team with an above-average blueline and above-average team defense coming off a 115-point season is desperate.Again I said they were an average D. I didn't say they were the worst. But a possession heavy team helps lower scoring chances and their goaltending was average. It's good offense, avg d, avg goaltending. Resulting in one of the highest GAA for playoff teams.
The goaltending was overall very bad in the regular season. That's why they had a high GAA. Unless you want to say sub. 900 is "average".
You're usually very level-headed. This is a strange hill to just be unable to admit you're wrong.