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Originally Posted by Bingo
Might actually help him as he button hooks a lot.
Would put his outside spin-o-rama on his forehand.
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Originally Posted by Naitix
He would not do it on his backhand, I imagine he would do something similar to what Tkachuk did last year. Where he would be sideways to receive the pass on his forehand and quickly pass that to Johnny.
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Went through this video of all of Huberdeau's 2021-2022 primary points and categorized them as fairly as I could. Based on the "lane" he was filling during the play, so if he came in from the right, carried the puck across the goalie and score from the left that counts as RW.
Here are the results:
A few notes:
- Many of his goals on the left came off forehand passes that were returned back to him.
- Most of his RW points came at the start of the season, and at the end.
- On his right, he makes approx 2/3rds of his passes forehand and 1/3rd backhand. Forehands slow the play down (which can be good if he needs to wait for trailers).
- His goals per primary point is higher on the left than on the right (40% vs 28%).
- He scored twice as many primary points on the left as on the right.
Obviously this analysis misses out on the denominators, so take it with a grain of salt.