Dead last to 5th to 5th to trending to be another bottom 5 team.
Doesn't matter. The points are significantly higher. The team improved and that's an objective truth. And they did it in the face of crippling injuries.
And I don't think we'll be a bottom five team this year. I expect us to get around 85 points.
Team finished dead last, drafted Slaf.
That team was coached half the year by Ducharme. Then they (smartly) traded away a wack of vets for picks. One yielded Hutson who's helping us now. The moment MSL took over, CC took off.
Slaf took a solid, sizeable, hell even a big step forward. The rest seem to be a small step between either the 22-23 to 23-24, or from last season to now, but doesn't/seem didn't seem like they took a step in both in terms of personal growth.
He's improved by leaps and bounds. Development isn't a linear line, it's a series of two steps forward one step back. Would you bet against him getting 60 points this year? A bad five games doesn't negate this.
MSL had taken no steps forward it seems.
Prospect pool has gotten better and you'd hope so given the finishes and selling of players
Am I missing the one you might be referring to ?
There's steps, but there's no night and day difference to this point.
5 games, small sample size, but not looking good in that small sample size.
21-22 - 55 points
22-23 - 68 points
23-24 - 76 points
Massive improvement every year. That's just the standings.
Roster/prospect wise we've packed the cupboard. What's not to like? We got top five picks three straight years. Traded vets for picks/prospects. Have stockpiled all kinds of talent. Have more extra picks coming up. Great in terms of salary cap planning. Our key prospects have all improved across the board. What's not to like? We are light years ahead of where we were. It's night and day different.
The only thing that kind of sucks is the injuries. You can't blame the GM or the coach for that.
Yeah, it's a bad start. But in the grand scheme of things the rebuild is going as well as we could've hoped. And half the prospects we've stockpiled aren't even in the league yet. Hage, Roy, Demidov, RB, Beck, Mailloux... these guys are coming soon. How can you not be excited by this?