Schmaltz last year- 0.63 points per game... Teuvo last year- 0.93 points per game
Schamltz this year- 0.64 points per game... Teuvo this year- 0.92 points per game
Not even close, dude.
There's a difference between "well you can't expect mid to late 1st rounders to be great" and "I hesitate to want Bowman fired because he's 'nails' in the draft." How do you not see that?
Getting in the playoffs is the goal. IIRC Pittsburgh's made the playoffs 14 years in a row. They won the Stanley Cup in 2016, dude. So much for slammed shut from 2014-2016, huh?
The problem is you're giving Bowman entirely too much credit for that window. Did he REALLY have that big of an impact? The answer is no, and like Tony said, that window should still be open, not shut for 5 years consecutively.
Next.