VancouverJagger
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Your comment wasn't directed at me but are we "clearly offensively challenged" though? We don't have Miller anymore and Petey isn't playing like a 1C. For me it's hard to tell with all the injuries and we spent the bulk of the season with a defence who can't move the puck up ice. We did have that come from behind victory against Dallas and we just beat Colorado 4-1. Of course we have also have Quinn Hughes. We're definitely not an offensive juggernault by any means but we're a better offensive team than the Wild and they are ahead of us in the standings.
I think that regardless of lineup a coach can implement stylistic changes that bolsters the offense. In terms of assistant coaches, we do have Gonchar part-time who should have more of an "offensive vision." The Sedins are also around. Tocchet himself likes to play a role in how the PP is run and he likes his players to play a certain way and when it comes to stars most coaches would say they allow their star players to be creative. So I'm not sure if adding an assitant coach with more of an "offensive vision" would change things for Petey given he was invisible during 4 Nations.
When Pius Suter is your second line center I would probably suggest that we aren't an offensive juggernaut. We are bottom third in goals for (and much worse until some recent explosions)
Yes we were offensively challenged......I think Tocchet plays a more structured game that isn't necessarily always pretty and certainly doesn't set any records for shots for which doesn't necessarily endear his style to fans. Our Captain had incredibly strong words of praise for him a few days ago - to think we should replace him cus his style isn't as exciting enough for some is silly.........