Let’s get our facts straight first of all. Isles were 5th worst in 2010, 4th in 2011 and 2012. You are forgetting that for an important stretch, the Isles were relying on RDP (8 games) and a subpar Montoya (14 games after Kane waylaid him). Having Nabby as #1 w/ Poulin backing him will make a real difference. Their play was NOT suspect!!!
No rose colored glasses. Streit has always had a decent +/- before last year. With stability in the net, the old slow defenders gone and a year to get back in form, he’ll be fine as will Okposo who also had an injury to deal with.
Very little to correct OTHER THAN building one of the NHL’s best prospect pipelines and bring in absolute steals like Moulson, Streit and Grabner.
