The ingredients are here for a long-term run of very good hockey. But potential means diddly poo without proper coaching and installing a system to put them in a position to win. We've seen that Granato has a system that can light up the scoreboard. We're also seeing that it doesn't matter if you view defense as an inconvenience. I don't know who is in charge of that department, or if we even have somebody that coaches it, but if we do, he needs to be terminated with extreme prejudice.
Granato needs to take this as a hard lesson that defense matters in the NHL. He needs to bring in a competent coach to work with these guys. If he doesn't, he probably won't last a whole lot longer.