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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I don’t know how it’s all going to turn out for him here, like I said, I’ve got very tempered expectations. Darryl Sutter hadn’t coached a 100 point scorer since something like 1994. That’s like 28 years in between and it took a very special year from the top line doing very special things to achieve that.
Huberdeau has a lot of great attributes that makes him a productive player. But I think it comes down to the way he checks in Darryl’s that’ll make or break him. The Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk line may very well have been the greatest checking line and most connected line I may have ever witnessed.
It’s probably why they all ended up around +60 as well, they gave up nothing and took it to their opponents and a lot of that stemmed from how they checked in every zone. We’ll just have to see how Huberdeau does in that department.
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I'm not sure I'm picking up your angle now. The problem was that he was slow, now the problem is that he might not be as good at checking as Gaudreau, a player infamous for his unparalleled checking ability around here?
The whole "hadn't coached a 100 point guy since 94" thing is pretty irrelevant, too. Seems like you're trying to spin it. He's one of maybe 5 coaches in the past 25 years that has coached two in the same year, so you could spin it that way just as easily. There are only 24 players that have done it since 2000. A hair over one a year, but Darryl is well known for getting the most out of his players. I don't seen any connection there.
You can temper your expectations as much as you want, totally fine, but you're picking the most irrelevant points and those that are blatantly misinformed to temper them. So it doesn't seem logical.