Yeah. And there's a chance this is going to be another Pettersson situation where not picking (very) high helps us. But it still kinda hurts to see the team gain ground on its peers only after the playoffs became too far away.
Yeah I can see that for sure and share the feelings somewhat. That said, unless we explode into a playoff team out of nowhere, which isn't terribly likely, there's probably got to be a few years of floundering just outside of the playoffs before we're finally good.