I can't quite remember who said it because it was so long ago, but I believe it was an Original Six coach who, while lamenting his team's poor performance because of an inordinate amount of injuries. said, "When my regulars get back, some of these guys will be sent so far away that even The Hockey News won't be able to find them."
You couldn't blame Florida Panthers coach Kevin Dineen if he uttered similar thoughts.
What should have been a most promising season, based on last year's improvement and the addition of rookie sensation Jonathan Huberdeau, turned out to be a disaster from before day one. In a fine example of Murphy's Law, everything that could go wrong did go wrong en route to the Cats finishing dead last in the NHL.
When Dineen spoke to the press on locker clean-out day, he cited the frequent unpreparedness and lack of conditioning among some of his players when the shortened season began, hinting that a number of his players were admonished to come to the next training camp in better shape. In reviewing the team's weaknesses, he lamented, "We were porous at times and too easy to play against."
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