I'm beyond frustrated with Laviolette's roster and ice time decisions, and agree that changes need to be made. But I'm not to the point of wanting Lavi fired. He's still a coach with a great 5v5 systems and a long track record of success both in the regular and post-season, and we're still in the 2-3 year window at the start of his tenure with a team that he achieves his best results (although, so far, the "Laviolette bump" is rather underwhelming in Washington). Maybe the GM needs to force Lavi's hands with some roster moves, or maybe COVID simply needs to take another pass at some of the roster's veterans to make the coach wake up and smell the coffee, but I do think Lavi has a lot to offer this team as a whole.
I am fully aboard with firing the long-tenured assistants who are directly in charge of the two biggest problem areas, Forsythe and Murray. I defended Forsythe longer than many here, and I think he can still be an asset to *some* NHL team, but it's clear at this point that he lacks the ability to adapt Washington's powerplay to overcome the challenges being thrown at it. Give him a big thanks for revolutionizing the systems deployed around the NHL on the PP, and then get someone else in his seat who can better adapt to the evolutions in penalty killing that have followed. Ten years with the same PP system is an awfully long time. And my rants about Scott Murray are long documented. But don't let him ruin some new goaltender as well. Even if we trade for a different vet goalie, a shitty goalie coach is more than capable of ruining a veteran during their time with a team.