Team structure and play has been slipping for a while now: how many of the last 10 games have we actually played well in?
I think you can argue 4: Stars, Islanders, Sharks, Avalanche.
Games where they played alright but nothing special: Oilers (especially after the first), Ottawa, Leafs, Canadiens, Kraken
Outright bad: Flames
Certainly not fantastic but nothing as egregious as last year. There were a handful of games there where they looked outright fantastic but I think this last 10 is much closer to what I would expect moving forward.
A bubble / low Pacific seed team with growing pains.
Not to shift the blame but I think losing Suter and Soucy has been particularly rough since their depth is middling at best. Credit to Juulsem these past two games for cleaning up his game but in the long run he needs to be nowhere near this roster if they want longterm success.