I don't see what point that makes in this context. They still had lots of players that have had seasons comparable to what they had there. Some had career years and that's certainly possible in our situation but being able to win on a consistent basis requires a depth of talent up front and on the back end that I don't think we can compare with what we have. More on the blue line than up front as they are promising group but this team needs to prove a lot defensively and with the puck to be able to produce offensively. If they're still playing 60% of their time in their own zone, nobody is going to have a great statistical year and that tends to mean the team results suffer.
You said we only had 1 player hit 20 goals the previous season and seemed to imply from that that we would not be likely to get 5 this year. My point was that by your logic, the Kracken weren't likely to get 6 either, but they did. All 5 guys I listed have shown they are 20 goal scorers (except Eklund, which I think even the most conservative on here expect him to be this year), so we too have players that have had seasons comparable to what I was suggesting, at least up front. D does seem like more of a wish and a prayer, but you never know what a new coach and an actual system and an injection of (arguably) three top 4 guys (Ceci, Walman, Benning) will do.
I guess we've talked this one to death by now, I'll just leave this here for people to quote me when then Sharks draft top 3 again and I look dumb. I think a lot of you are going to be surprised at the leap forward the Sharks take this year.
What were the league scoring rates in each season?
I'm embarrassed to say I'm not sure how to look that up.
I would imagine scoring was lower in those seasons than it will be for the coming season (scoring seems to be skyrocketing right now), but I could be wrong.
