they had a high quality team in 2006-2007 after a year where they barely missed the playoffs. this following 5 years of high calibre teams. The team was very poor 2 years ago and because of that, had to make changes last year, and it turned out to be good hockey most nights. next year is very promising. After all those years where rebel fans were treated to amazing hockey, there is the natural regression. Im sure the organization would admit there was one too many years of futility in there, but it looks like things are headed in the right direction.