At the end of last season, I wrote an autopsy of the Milwaukee Admirals and their curious season. It broke down what propelled the Admirals to missing the playoffs for the second time in four years despite a 38-win season. The short answer is that they’d had excellent play in net that masked forwards who were largely incapable of controlling possession and a defense that was disappointingly porous.
This season, with Milwaukee making a trip to the Calder Cup playoffs, the assumption would be that the Admirals turned in a much better season record-wise. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.