Wingers too deep and too wide on breakouts. Hard rim to stagnant weak side winger on his wall, pointless chip to no one in the neutral zone because we are always 5 below the puck. Or double bump to partner to stagnant weak side winger on his wall, when we want some variety. Very few reverses, center reverses, stretch plays, middle bumps, or quick ups to strong side winger step off and back to weak side D.... just keep pounding those pucks around the wall and chipping it to center for no one so we can go right back to forechecking.
You can't play so deep and predictably and expect teams not to sit on top of you all game. Randy started to make the adjustment in the pre season, our wingers were playing higher, our weak side D was jumping up and getting involved - and the game was visibly faster and more exciting. But now it's right back to the shell.