Silky Johnson
I wish you all the bad things in life.
Playing without Norris & Formenton all year, reasonably long stretches without Zub and Chabot, and finally playing the most important stretch with our 5th and 6th string goalies are what did us in.Yeah we sucked in March
The complete lack of defensive structure bites us in the ass
People can blame goalies all they want, we played like crap for half the month
Admittedly not having an NHL coach didn't help.
This team, especially now with Chychrun, is constructed well enough to be a playoff team in the toughest division in Hockey.
Next year we are going in with a burgeoning Superstar Top Centre and great centre depth in Norris and Pinto, a premier Power Forward and and great top six supporting cast. Our D looks really good with 3 potencial 1D's.
If we can find something resembling NHL goaltending and a bit of forward depth - this could be a very good team.
In this context, I can't feel bad about this year.