Not just the lack of scoring, but also the mindset and approach. On a team no longer noted for matchless skill and finesse, our players want to score goals in the most exquisitely delicate ways, like Fancy Dans. Two players on the Toronto Maple Leafs have as many or more goals than our entire Detroit Red Wings.
To recite the obvious, instead of seizing on the briefest, smallest openings they get in today’s NHL, instead of taking what they’re given and blasting away, the default setting is making extra passes, looking for better angles, and setting up teammates.