The Creativity of Chris Chasse

I’m not active on this sub, but I’ve just finished listening to the band’s complete discography and I have a question. Does anyone else think the band’s songwriting was better with Chris? Zach is great too, especially for the first few albums he contributed to, but there seems to be less memorable and varied riffs than when Chris was in the band. Maybe I’m biased because my favorite albums are SSotCC and TS&TW. I just think his use of space is fantastic and his riffs play with/against Tim’s vocals very well.