I won't put words in his mouth, but let me present a Toews related example.
In 2018-2019, Toews put up 81 points in 82 games, his best raw points total. This was largely due to deployment, as the team was overall a disaster defensively, Toews remains one of the best offensive players on the team, and in a '**** it, we'll just try to outscore our problems' system, the team was willing to basically let him trade chances with offensive deployment.
However, he was not anywhere near as impactful on the ice. His possession was worse, his defensive impact was worse, he just simply didn't dominant the ice like he did in his prime despite scoring 10 or more fewer points.
His production went up, but his practical, raw impact went down.
If 2010-2015 Toews managed to score 80 points or more in addition to dominating and dictating play from a hard matchup deployment, hell yes, I would argue that should be talked about.
But trading in the impact for the points? Nah. I'd rather have the 2015 Toews that scored 60-70 points and turned opposing 1st lines into mulch.
So as far as ROR, I can see why Blues fans would prefer him to keep being the play-driving force he is, rather than getting top 5 points finishes and losing that raw overall impact. If he could do BOTH, obviously you take it and sing his praises from the rooftops.