He took us to the Western Conference Finals with David Backes as our #1 center and Brian Elliott in net. That's not the ultimate goal but we never had the team to go further. We always lacked a top center and goalie.
You guys can win with Hitchcock. You've got the top end talent in Seguin, Benn, Radulov, Klingberg, and Bishop. You just need to add depth.
I really think Hitch's goal this year was to focus 100% on improving your atrocious defensive play from a year ago. He did exactly that and he did the same in STL in year one. He installed a defensive mindset right away and it led to much cleaner hockey and a chance to win every night.
I would suggest giving him another year to build on that. I expect that he'll allow guys to play a bit more freely now that they have an understanding of how to play a 200 foot game.
This is just my opinion based on observing him come to St. Louis and do the exact same thing.