Many of the players are better than last year? Uh no.
Three players have improved - JJP, UPL, and Greenway. Mitts and Z and Joker are playing about the same as last year. So many important players are playing worse- Tage, Tuch, Skinner, Power, Cozens, Dahlin, Muel, Okposo, VO - all having worse seasons.
I see only a few positives and I don't see Donny improving this group. I see a poor coaching staff with limited technical know how, the game day coaching is also very bad, and the players are too comfortable with being a poor team.
Not one player will own this drought. They can own it without taking the blame for 13 years of it. I keep seeing quotes from this team about who was not there for all of it, Dahls, Tage, Donny, Kevy - they should just own it and end it.
Mentally week from Pegula down.
Blow up the coaching staff this off season, conduct a real coaching review and and bring in someone that has won on the NHL level. Then let him work on bringing in a new staff, installing NHL systems, and allow him to influence the roster. Shut down the country club. There are coaches out there that can take the next step, and more.