1. Secrets in general are much less powerful in the Year of the Kraken. Secretless builds will be more common, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. We all need to adapt. Remember, all classes are losing Mad Scientist, not just hunter.
2. The early game cards Hunter lost have been replaced. Fiery Bat is actually a decent 1 drop, and it has both a deathrattle and the beast tribe - both things hunter is going to be focusing more on. Huge Toad is basically Fiery Bat, but a two drop and they both trade up pretty well, paving the way for the new Infested Wolf, which is a fantastic Houndmaster target. All of these get buffs from Forlorn Stalker too, who I think is genuinely a decent card.
3. The nerf to Hunter's Mark is unfortunate, but not the death toll of Hunter. With the new On the Hunt, it is a 2-mana "destroy any minion without Divine Shield, oh and summon a 1/1". Not too shabby if you ask me. Not to mention the alternative synergies with Unleash the Hounds, and even Fiery Bat/Huge Toad deathrattles.
4. Change is good. Maybe try analysing the new cards and thinking up some new decks, and then enjoy the experimentation phase when it starts next week. If you're the kind of person that only net-decks, or refuses to acknowledge the potential of these new cards, then I'm afraid you're going to have a hard time for the next few weeks.
tl;dr Either play Wild where you can have all your old toys, or stop whining and adapt like the rest of us.
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WTF this reveal video just wow. They should do the revealstreams, not blizzard