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Originally Posted by Major Major
Han has some good analysis. He's pretty bearish on Huberdeau's fit in Calgary though. I don't know what to make of the narrative that the flames have no puck carrier. The D is filled with skaters that move or skate the puck up ice. Sure they no longer have a Gaudreau type but only one team does really. I think they'll be able to carry the puck by committee and Darryl will game some things to make it work. Predicting a 50 point dropoff from FLA to Calgary for Huby is pretty edgy I think.
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Yeah - I can see the concern in that Gaudreau carried the puck a ton for the team but its also true that team's just don't crater when they lose a puck carrier. It just moves to another guy carrying the puck. Likely not as effectively as Gaudreau but players adapt to the strengths of players around them. Gaudreau is an elite puck carrier so he carried the puck a lot. The other guys aren't a bunch of Brett Ritchies - they just aren't as Gaudreau at it.