The Florida Panthers AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates have played 19 games to start the 2015-16 season. The team finds itself in 13th place in the Eastern Conference, and in 7th place in the Atlantic Division, with an 8-10-1 record. It has not been the kind of start fans in Maine wanted, nor how the Panthers would have preferred to begin their new affiliation with the Pirates.
Despite the lackluster start, it is darn near impossible to determine whether this is a good team or a poor one. The record points more towards to a conclusion of: "poor.