One can argue that the team underachieved this season, what with Demko being injured and Bruce losing whatever magic he had in the second half of last season. That logic only goes so far though. Even with a healthy Demko and better coaching this team was still nowhere near contention. Had everything gone as well as it theoretically could have this team would have been fighting for a wildcard spot, and that just isn't good enough. This group isn't going to magically turn from one of the worst teams in the league to one of the best by just adding Hronek (who at first glance doesn't even seem like a good fit for this team) and a healthy Demko, especially with the subtraction of Horvat.
This reeks of ownership meddling. Anyone that knows anything about anything has to know that the only way this team will be able to make it's way back to contention is with a rebuild.
I was a little more optimistic yesterday, but after thinking about it, yeah, it's frustrating. It seemed like we were on the right track 48 hours ago and then BOOM, same shit, different year.