Morally I'm ready for being a bottom feeder once again, albeit I am concerned how it would be taken by Gibson, Lindholm, Rakell, and Getzlaf regarding moving forward. And the coaching team that was seriously improved this offseason.
On thing though, I would want us to be competitive. This last year we were losing but were actually more fun to watch than, say, last Carlyle team (not much, but oh well). Dudes were fighting for the ice, youngsters played well, etc.
However, I think being around #10 is not bad either. Moving a bit towards our goal of being a playoff team, give bigger roles to the young guys, etc. Remember, we drafted Zegras at #9, and the Coyotes got Guenther (who was pencilled to be our pick at #3) at #9 as well. That is still a great spot to pick talent in the draft. Even though there seems to be a consensus top 3 for the next draft, when have things NOT change in the last pre-draft year? They always are, so I see no reason to ''hoping we lose enough so we pick in the top 3''. First of all, that is losers mentality and second of all, that is not as clear-cut as it might seem.
Right now I don't see us as a playoff team, but will see what roster we ice in October.