Thomas Vanek's decline is real and there's reason to believe there's more to last season's struggles than an injury and adjusting to a new system.
There are very good reasons to think that Thomas Vanek may be better this season. To make that argument, you could talk about intangibles like how he's healthy now following offseason surgery or that it will be the first season where Vanek is settled into and familiar with the Wild system to start the year.
Or you could dive in a little more and note that he posted the worst power play shooting percentage of his career in his first season with the Wild and is unlikely to repeat that very low number, as Chris noted in his bold prediction piece.