I think we should be looking for some positives:
- we miss 3 top-six wingers, who will be coming back
- we play 3 young players instead (ivanx2, Kovalenko, Ritchie) and they dont completely suck, might even turn out to be competent NHL-ers.
- we know Georgiev is not great, but he is not as bad as he played so far either. He will bounce back
- you never know, Kahkonen may actually turn out to be legit NHL goalie.
- MacK played well, some other players too, Rantanen scored hattrick in the first game, so probably did not turn to shite during summer either
- despite missing key players, playing bunch of rookies, shit tending and bit of bad luck (MacK hiiting shaft of Tarasovs stick, that would have been a goal otherwise), we still would have made the game even if Coltons shot in the end did not hit the post. So unlucky again.
- we scored 4 goals a game while keeping opposition to 20 shots. At some point such performances start winning the games, one way or the other.