Yeah, it's like we have 4 Daleys instead of just one, a pair of Nielsens, and a bunch of Ernes to round out the roster. We even have the new version of Howie with a worse SV%.
Quit frankly, I think this thread should be closed. Bringing it up to the top feels like trolling, except I'm trolling myself because I was WAAAAAAY off.
On the flip side, if the wings have a decent run out for the rest of December (6 of 7 games are at home) and can manage to muster up say a 5-2 effort over the rest of December, they will finish the year at 1 game of 0.500 (38 GP, with a last 10 of 6-3-1) versus last year, when the had a terrible finish to the month (Las t 10 of 3-7-0) to be at 1 game over 0.500 (37 GP).
Unless the wings come off the wheel, there is still a reasonable faint hope for a decent season, I'll stick with my incremental improvement prediction (95 points), assuming no major injuries.
I may be more than a little optimistic, but I think this team will come together and play more consistently, they do need to shoot a little more and chase some greasy goals, if they do, I think they can hang with most teams on most nights.
The big test is against the Flyers tomorrow night, the wings need a regulation win to kickoff the journey and the last of 3 games in 4 nights for 2023. (fortunately, the B2B is a home and home with the Habs, that 3rd game is often a scheduled loss, but since we play the same team...)