“I
wouldn’t say it went as planned,” Binnington said. “There were some highlights
throughout the year of some good games. Obviously the Olympics was a
great experience and a setting I felt comfortable in. There was
frustration at times. I would say it’s a year of lessons, like any
other year and this year more so. Just learning more about myself and
different situations I’m
in and how I respond. Not playing these last couple of months or so
allowed me time to reflect and think about just what my next 3-5 year
vision is. It’s exciting and life just keeps moving. It’s just
one day at a time, and I will say about the group, we showed a great
amount of commitment towards that second half of the year, similar to
last year, but I think we’re trending in the right direction and I
think the personnel involved, we understand that it’s not good
enough and I can feel the commitment from the group to want to be
better and want to be in the playoffs and want to be tough to play
against. A year of lessons, a year of optimism for the future of this
group.”
