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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Weegar was billed by Panther fans as this big risk/reward guy. I don’t see that in his game with Flames, more low risk/low reward.
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He's playing a very different style of game here. There was encouragement for wide open play in Florida, and when he would make a gaff it would be egregious because there was no back up in that system.
Here, he still makes the odd gaff but there's a much better structure to support those mistakes. He always was an incredible guy with the stick and anticipating passes or breaking up plays. He's fantastic at denying entry and then quickly transitioning to the offensive side. The 2nd part of that hasn't been as prominent here...yet. He does have it in him, so look for that to happen more as he gets more comfortable in Calgary.
I'm just glad that nobody was hammering him the way people were hammering Huberdeau for struggling to adapt in the first 20-30 games. Now you will hopefully all see why I was such a big fan of this trade. Both Weegar and Huberdeau move the needle for teams they play on.