@radoran
I agree with much of what you typed. And to a certain degree, I agree they are more fun to watch this season. But I am just looking at this team in a slightly different context, I guess. I am looking at the team who last won the Cup when Gerald Ford was the President. We've been through decades... not years.... DECADES of sheer disappointment and endless excuses (injuries, Lindros, bad schedules, poor coaching, Clarke, etc.)... to the point of me feeling nauseated. You know... if we were talking about Seattle Kraken, I would gladly take making the playoffs as a big success. But after the decades of futility and disappointment, I don't care about them being fun to watch. That's not going to cut it; not for me anyway. The Devils were not a fun-to-watch team when they won those multiple Cups. We are talking almost 50 years worth of futility. It's almost half of a century!!! I want results! I think it's justifiable.