Sure, but I don't see the MC's job as bringing problems that couldn't also be opportunities! Even the worst problem for the character could also be an opportunity to shine as an awesome badass, for example. And I think every good MC move, hard or soft, should to some extent be an opportunity to go straight for action – if nothing else by providing a concrete situation where it's easy to at least see what you could do, if not what you should, of course!
By the way, let's not, as MCs, forget "offer an opportunity, with or without a cost", in my mind one of the most important MC moves to keep at hand for some situations in play! That move can also be made very hard! :)