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Originally Posted by jayswin
That's weird cause that's what I thought of Huberdeau as well when he made a lot of his passes last year on highlights. But CaliPanthersFan is a season ticket holder in Florida and said this isn't true, that he'd be great with a Toffoli type because he likes to cycle it down low and wait to make passes, so a guy like Toffoli can catch up and get fed.
For the record, I think he's also great in the zone once set up, but to fully utilize him you need two fast forwards that can take quick passes, at high speed. This is where Toffoli isn't much of an option until the play is settled in the oppositions zone.
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I think we have may have watched the similar highlights. When the trade first broke, there was a guy who put out a highlights package showing the type of plays Huberdeau made (basically stating he was a very different kind of set up man than Gaudreau was), and most plays were made on the rush, not much of it was him actually carrying the puck in. I haven't really seen him make plays downlow, and I feel like Lindholm is not so much of a dump and chase kind of guy. Huberdeau's adjustment is also playing with 2 righties for the first time.
I feel like a Lindholm/Kadri swap could work, or a Toffoli/Mang swap as much as I don't want to split the 2nd line. Yeah, it's just 4 games into the season. But gotta get the big guns rolling 5 on 5.