The 'since Tocchet' talk really underrates how good JT was under both Green and Bruce. JT's 1st season here saw him lead the team in scoring, both season and playoffs. He drove the lotto line, and completely changed the way the team could play.
His 3rd season here was as much of a 1 man show as I've seen. Completely lapped his teammates. If that team makes the playoffs, he gets outside hart votes. That was a bottom 10 team in the league for both goals for, and against. It wasn't some pond hockey like people like to pretend.
JT and Hughes have been consistently high end from the start, so long as they're here, we have a chance.