Perhaps during the doom and gloom, depression and angst of the losing streak something amazing happened. A quiet revolution from below. Call them what you want, the "New Kids on the Block" or "Young Guns" or whatever, but it looks like, perhaps, we are seeing the emergence, or reemergence depending on your perspective, of a new your core.
The last five games have seen our young core begin to shape games.
Quinn: 4g 2a
Cozens: 2g 4a
Benson: 2g
JJP: 2g 4a
Juri Kulich: 2g 2a
The best is yet to come