This season's obviously toast. We absolutely need to get on and move Jake over to the left wing so his position there can be realized and we can just move forward with that hole filled.
Simple hockey fundamentals suggest that Voracek has the skillset to excel as a forehand winger and possibly, also imo be better at it than playing on his offhand. Last season, he was asked to move to the left wing because that's where the team needs him to be, and he did with very much success. Someone would have to confirm or disconfirm this for me but he started playing the left side last Dec 15 and went on to record 32 pts in 30gp (22es, 10ppp) before getting injured and ending what was for sure one of his most fruitful 5v5 streaks. Im only assuming that he played LW all the way until he was injured because that only makes sense, however, the last articled citation I can find was at 23pts in 17gp.
The fundamentals and the track record are there. While 30 games isn't the largest sample to take from, it's more than enough to state as an extremely strong indication that Voracek could sustain a similar if not better 5v5 pace on his forehand than he can on his backhand. On the powerplay, I believe that already he's in his optimal spot on the offboard only that this serves as a detriment when the powerplay is rooted entirely from the opposite side of him and he's put into the most prime shooting spot, which is his biggest weakness-an extremely glaring one at that. As long as Giroux's on this team, while it may not serve him personally best to anchor the 2nd unit, it can easily be argued that it's best for the team as a whole-People are finally catching onto this. If Jake could create a 2nd unit, our powerplay as a whole goes from one of the best to the best.
On top of it just making simple sense considering the individual's skillset and also speaking for itself on the scoresheet, filling the hole and seemingly age-old need we have for top caliber LW could be achieved with what we have already on our roster as early as now and be in place to start the next season. This move is completely optimal and it takes from our club's ONLY position of real strength, the right side, to fill it longest running forward position of need. Doing this leaves us still with Simmonds on the right, Schenn on the right which is the only spot he's proven effective in, Konecny who made the move to the left wing only stick in the NHL...etc etc.
Without even going into the other stabilizing effects this shift causes cascading down the entire lineup, I'm not sure how this suggestion can go continuously without interest. It's the only logical solution to the forward lineup we have that doesn't involve waiting in imbalance for decent LW talent to come up the pipeline, or futilely coming up with trades that will never happen even if they're balanced.