The 2015-16 edition of the Vancouver Canucks had numerous issues. One of the most glaring was goal scoring, where the team ranked 29th out of 30 in goals for, and dead last in goal differential.
Everyone — management, coaches, players and fans — wants to change that. However, all their efforts could be wasted if they put those efforts toward achieving “balanced” scoring. This may sound like a good thing, but it should be avoided. Balanced scoring is overrated.
As the thinking goes, a team that has “balanced” scoring will be harder to defend against, since that team will have more than one scoring line for the opposition to worry about.