Agreed, and we're going to go through the process of shedding some bandwagon fans who (whether they're aware of it or not) were weaned on success and don't know how to handle crap years.
I've spent a lot of time on other teams forums for uh...schadenfreude reasons. Just reading. You know who were the most rancorous, the most bitter? Not the Oiler fans of recent years, or the Leafs, or the Flames fans during their long playoff drought. Not San Jose after yet another playoff implosion. Or a team like Columbus mired in perpetual futility.
No it was Colorado Avalanche fans after Minnesota eliminated their star stacked team. The bitterness and bile pouring out of that fanbase was off the scale. Everyone in the organization was scum. The players were heartless, the management was inept, you name it. The fans were spoiled. Doing poorly didn't even register for them. It was like they were cheated of their birthrights.
In a couple of years, when we've spent some time getting kicked around the league and drafting high, the boards should be a lot more chill.