It's certainly an interesting situation, one where I simultaneously feel like we need to fix it and also not rush to rash decisions.
I certainly believe we need to widen the gap between the best and the rest, but at the same time I know it would to be artificial (while back in the day that's just how many TPE whores we had).
That said, what I've noticed is how many more TPE whore defencemen there are right now, probably 50/50 with forwards if not more weighted towards dmen. That's probably contributing to lower scoring.