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They had a ridiculous season last year, so even if it was the same roster you should expect them to have less points. Most people do see this squad taking a step back in that sense. I'm not sure in what context are you asking is this team overrated. If it's in the context of them being true contenders, I would say yes. That's assuming though that Knight and Lundell don't break out, if they both do and Bobrovsky is still good as well, they will probably have the goaltending and depth to make a deep run. They play in a very competitive division though so a 1st or 2nd round exit wouldn't be surprising at all and I wouldn't be surprised if they missed either.
Tkachuk is more overrated than the team as a whole.