Obviously the 2nd half was a huge disappointment after the way the 1st half went, but let's look at this as a whole. They doubled their win total from the previous season (8-->16), they doubled their Hockey East win total from the previous season (4-->8), they were picked to finish 11th or 9th in Hockey East, depending on which preseason poll you looked at and they actually finished 7th. In my mind, this team exceeded the preseason expectations. Now, we wait to see who leaves via the portal, and what this coaching staff brings in. At the very least, nearly the entire defense needs to be replaced, since there were 5 seniors/grad students playing nearly every night. Losing Welsch will hurt, but Halasz has proven that he's at least capable of being the 1B to a 1A for this team. Not a lot of losses to graduation from the forwards, but the big question is which of the underclassmen decide to look for greener pastures.