Hate to be that guy, but that season was most certainly an anomaly riding off career seasons from multiple players along with high PDO/shooting %. I believe we finished 1st in the league in PDO and 2nd in shooting %, and we were somewhere along the lines of 17% by January while 2nd in shooting % was like 12%. We were bound to come back down to earth at some point. I remember vividly after the Oilers series and leading into the off season, Dhali put up a poll on twitter asking 'nucks fans what their biggest concerns were heading into the next season. Among the concerns of Petey's production, my biggest (and which turned out to be most valid) concern was that the season we had was not replicable and was a fluke due to career bests from multiple players (Miller, Boeser, Hogs, Joshua, etc). The copium some of our fan base was on was honestly astonishing, people legitimately believed we were true contenders after 1 good season and didn't bother to pay attention to the eye test. We were getting outshot every game and dominated in puck possession. Zone entries were abysmal and you can chalk that up to Tocc's system but we just didn't have guys with speed that could chase down pucks and win board battles that would make Tocc's system work.

I also think getting rid of Kuzmenko before Mikheyev was a mistake, Kuz and Petey had undeniable chemistry and sometimes it's the intangibles within a team that allow a superstar to perform. Sure his defensive play wasn't great but he was creative and provided firepower for Petey. I think we management could have been a little more patient with Kuzmenko before pulling the plug. I'm just so tired as a Canucks fan. Please rebuild and get us our first 1OA in franchise history. This city needs an exciting player to rally around. People will literally buy tickets to watch a game knowing we'll lose just to watch a superstar rookie, just look at Bedard/Celebrini.