Micklebot
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- Apr 27, 2010
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I think people might be under estimating us for a number of reasons.I know I shouldn't get cocky, but it feels like the Sens are getting under estimated due to people looking at their past seasons rather than the team they have today.
Its easy to forget we were behind the eightball before the season even started with probably the worst schedule in the league. This year's schedule is actually pretty favourable. I could see a 5-10 pts swing on that alone.
We also were one of only a few teams that got hit with a Covid outbreak before the NHL was willing to postpone games. Unlike some other teams, we had to play games with almost a dozen roster players in Covid protocol. We played 9 or 10 games with at least one player in Covid protocol during that stretch and only won a single game. Not sure how to handicap that but say conservatively we won 4 instead of 1 and that's an extra 6 pts.
Injuries happen, but we got hit bad to key players. How many pts did losing Batherson, Norris and Chabot for extended periods cost us? Probably a few games at worst.