We're about a third of the way through the season and it's not been quite what I was expecting so far. In my first season with Los Angeles, I was expecting to really break out with this team because of all the work I put into my game this off-season. There were high hopes, both for my play and the team's play.

So far, I seem to be very unlucky this season. Our line controls the play on the ice, but the end results are not correlating with that. We aren't putting the puck in nearly as much as I thought we would and we're doing everything to stop the opposition, but they are still finding the back of the net while we're on the ice. So far, I've only put up 19 points and a putrid -9. As a team, we're floating around .500 and keeping pace with the rest of the division. We expected a lot more from all of us so far, so to say it has been disappointing would be accurate.

There's still two thirds of a season left and I'm hoping we can all turn it around and play like I know we can.

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