But how realistic are those hopes? I thought I’d peer into my admittedly cracked crystal ball and see what it foretells for our Penguins.
The mist is starting dissipate. I see a number. Ninety-four points!
Check that. Another number’s beginning to emerge. Eight-eight points. Same as last year.
Darn.
No wait…that one’s fading, too. Yet another number’s forming. This one says 76 points.
Yikes!
My apologies for the silly lead-in. The truth of the matter? All three of these results could be valid, depending on how the chips fall.
Here are a few factors that could cause us to rise like the Phoenix from the ashes of two non-playoff campaigns, maintain an even strain, or tumble to new lows.