I can't put my finger on why this team is so boring this season but I'll be honest I'm not sure how much of it is Claude other than I don't think he's getting as much out of the forward group as he could be.
The lack of intensity and physicality is disturbing and I'm not sure much of that is Julien's doing.
I'll agree with you that it's tough to put a finger on the reason.
Only way to know if it's a Clode thing would be to make a move. If you're wrong, though, you risk making things worse.
I don't know if it's even possible to judge their talent level on paper in a vacuum.
For example, how do you assess Krejci as a player? Do you like at what he's been in the past or what he is?
Do guys in the top 6 suffer due to weaknesses in the bottom 6 and holes on defense?