On this point, yeah Panarin freaking sucked lol. Not disputing that. I am saying you need a coach who focuses on getting the most out of everyone. And panarin has done it before where he was amazing 5v5. Sometimes, the coach just doesn't connect or know how to get through to everyone. Panarin lost strome, where he had no choice, but had great chemistry with, he had that whole russian thing a while back, like the dude is a lot more mentally fragile now. Especially, not performing to his standards.
You can hate it, argue against it, but you can't trade him because of the NMC, so you need a coach who can give his confidence back. Not during the regular season, panarin can do that with his eyes closed, but the panarin that destroyed TB.