We're really just lacking good players.
Not enough skill in the lineup when Karlsson is struggling.
Stone, Ryan, Brassard, Duchene, Hoffman, Chabot ... how much skill do they need? While I would agree that they could use a 3rd line RW scorer like David Perron they have plenty of skill & were at the top of the league in scoring not that long ago. However, it's these same skilled players including Karlsson who are not scoring which then results in fans going after every other player on the team arguing they must produce more. What I would like to see is Boucher's boys replaced with our prospects who I doubt could be much worse.
I always find it interesting that people keep arguing to take fighting out of hockey & with all the concussion issues it's hard to argue against that. However, why are we not also hearing that Boxing, MLA, UFC & all these other different kinds of fighting not also be banned. They look to be much more dangerous & then we should ban hitting in the NFL or football in general, fighting in Lacrosse, Baseball, Basketball & Roller Derby. There is a lot of stuff that goes on off camera in sports like hockey too that should be banned.
Boro has taken some wicked shots in the back & driven into the boards several times which look a hell of a lot worse than any shots in fights. He's out now because of a play like that, those should be outlawed & players who hit hard from behind should be suspended for the same length as the player is out of action. It's so hard to know when it's an accident or incidental from the play & when is it on purpose though but I think sports are slowly moving in that direction & fighting will soon be legislated out of hockey. Eberle hit Crosby in the head recently as he was skating by him, was it an accident or on purpose, I couldn't tell.