As we mentioned earlier, after finally getting out of the first round last year our goal for this year was to win multiple rounds in the playoffs. No offense to Halifax but when we saw the Thunder upset Calgary our hopes were up. Even though we still believe that we were the better team we were out played by the underdog Norsemen. A week later we are still struggling to understand what happened. If you take out the last game of the season, where we sat 75% of our starters, we swept the season series against Halifax. What is even harder to accept is losing 3 home games in the second round and going 2-5 at home in the playoffs after only losing 9 games at the Pond all season.
So what does it mean for the Loons going forward? Roster changes? Coaching change?
There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for roster moves other then bottom 6 replacements and its hard to imagine anyone could do a better job behind the bench the Sullivan. I believe our best hope is not to over react and hang in there til our blue chippers hit the roster. Will Smith and Frank Nazar should make the roster next year, Ryan Leonard and Jimmy Snuggerud the following year. That is a lot of talent on the way.
It is time to turn the page and get ready for free agency, I would have liked to be preparing for the draft but we are not on the clock til 2027!
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