Things are admittedly looking pretty rough at the moment. However, I'm not really worried about loosing to an expansion team considering they've beat far stronger groups than us, trying to rub salt in the would by continuing to mention their expansion status is pointless considering how consistently strong they've been.  I'm more concerned with injuries and keeping our morale and confidence up. We've got the tools to do well, but leadership needs to take the reigns and that confidence has to start at the top. The league rankings aren't what anyone has expected thus far, so I'd be hesitant to make predictions about ours or anyone else's season this early on. Lot's of hockey left to be played.