The most frequent question for any organization – whether it’s verbatim or some sort of variant – is, “What are your team’s expectations for the season?” Not too much to gain from a question like this unless you’re a team trying to tank and even still, no one will flat out say the playoffs aren’t the goal. Take the Montreal Canadiens for example.
The team has missed the playoffs for the last two seasons despite saying they were determined to make it. But what else are they going to do? The Habs aren’t tanking and have actively tried to make it every year, and that isn’t going to change this time around.