Not sure if this is the right thread for this thought, or not. I couldn't see a more appropriate one.
Just looking over the standings and we are doing better than I would have thought after some of the bad play I have seen. We are second in the Div, by pts%, 3rd in pts. League wide we are 9th in pts, 7th in pts% and 6th in goal differential.
Those are damn good results so far, much better than I thought this roster was capable of. Given the games, or large parts of games when both the shot clock and the eye test suggested we were being widely outplayed, I am surprised our record is this good. Which begs the question, are we that good, or have we just been a little lucky in a still small number of games?
Our goaltending has been good which partly explains it. And we have managed to recover in several games after being outplayed earlier. I'm not sure what that says about our team. Does it say we are resilient, able to dig down and find another gear? Or does it say we don't really put out until we are trailing, that we aren't ready to start?
Whatever the explanation, I am beginning to wonder if this team might be better than I expected. In spite of the coaching issues, in spite of the patched together D corps.