I'm not seeing the issue, this sounds like how their season will go for suresies
I mean, it did get a LITTLE better by seasons end, he finished with a 10.7% shooting... but for a guy who's worst season is 14.3... he should have scored 50 goals again had his shooting % been even his lowest... but he only finished with 38.
Also they finished out of the playoffs (and below Ottawa, who also missed)
East was: Tampa, NYI, Carolina, Washington, Boston, Detroit, Columbus, NYR
West: Colorado, Vancouver, Calgary, Nashville, Edmonton, Dallas, Seattle, St. Louis
Goals: Ovechkin 51, McDavid 47, Stamkos 44, Anders Lee (LOL) 42, Pastrnak 41
Assists: Josi 64, MacKinnon 61, McDavid 56, D. Toews 55, Draisaitl 53
Points: McDavid 103, Draisaitl 93, Ovechkin 92, MacKinnon 89, Rantanen 86
Points (D): Josi 82, Carlson 68, Toews 65, Hedman 64, Theodore 60
Points (Rookie F): DAL Wyatt Johnston 46, CBJ Kirill Marchenko 43, WPG Cole Perfetti 40, ARZ Dylan Guenther 35, TOR Pontus Holmberg 35
Points (Rookie D): OTT Jake Sanderson 26, BUF Owen Power 25, MTL Otto Leskinen 23, STL Scott Perunovich 21, NYI Robin Salo/NJ Simon Nemec 19.
Wins: Vasilevsky 44, Markstrom 40, Saros 37, Sorokin 36, Demko 36
GAA: Vasilevsky 2.10, Sorokin 2.29, Markstrom 2.40, Saros 2.40, Kuemper 2.48
SV%: Vasilevsky .931, Sorokin .928, Saros .924, Raanta .921, Kuemper .921
SO: Comrie 4, Forsberg 4, Kuemper 3, Khudobin 3, Markstrom 3, Campbell 3