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Originally Posted by Mathgod
The thing about Huby is, he's an intelligent player who sees the game on a much more advanced level than most players, and relies on creativity to generate offense. If his linemates are not on the same page as him, the whole thing doesn't work. The only way this can get fixed is by him spending a lot of time with his linemates studying film and developing set plays where everyone always knows what to do ahead of time.
The one thing that worries me though is, does Huby's play style conflict with Sutter's system/philosophy?
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The biggest deficiency I can see is while Huberdeau might be a creative playmaker, he struggles in our system to find any open ice at all.
This causes him to make multiple turnovers, lose possession, a bunch of nothing plays, etc.
Gaudreau was able to keep puck possession and skate into open places and anticipate where the puck was going to go. I haven't seen that from Huberdeau.