It’s not often that a team finishes well below .500 and there are still plenty of positives to talk about, but the 2018-19 Laval Rocket are just that team. Wiping the slate clean after a disastrous 2017-2018 season, when the team finished dead last in the AHL with a record of 24-42-10, the Rocket seem to have plenty of pieces in place to turn things around in a hurry.
Things also seemed promising at the start of this season. Gone were Sylvain Lefebvre and his assistants, who managed just one playoff appearance under their reign, and that ended in just four games.