Say what you will about it being the pre-season, it is nice to come out of it with a record like that. It tells us a few things about our team, and while they need to be taken with a grain of salt, it is nice to know.
First - our future is not as bleak as it may have previously seemed. No, we do not have any legitimate first liners coming through the system, but If we can hang onto Spezza, Heatley, or both, we should have a good supporting cast for them in the years to come. Nikulin, Zubov, Foligno, and Lee all looked good in the pre-season. These guys likely won't be stars, but we already have those.
Second - even if it is meaningless games against weakened opponents, it showed that the players on this team do want to win. I was worried about a finals hangover, but after the pre-season I'm not. Even though we didn't play our best hockey every game we did manage to find a way to win them all. If we manage to get winning results on nights where the team isn't great in the regular season it could be one hell of a year.
But like I said, take this all with a grain of salt, it is just the pre-season. Two days until we beat the Leafs!
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