"I can sit here and tell you 85 points, 105 points, but it really doesn't mean anything," he said. "What's [important] is when our team starts the season and we go do it. Do we expect to make the playoffs? Of course we expect to make the playoffs. We were close enough last year" — the Flyers finished seven points behind the last qualifier, Toronto — "that you can circle a few games where you say, 'If we would have won these games, we're in the playoffs.' I'm comfortable saying we expect to make the playoffs because our team on paper is good enough to make the playoffs. That's not an unfair expectation. But, again, it's all about what happens on the ice."