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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Our power play being complete hogwash certainly doesn’t help things out for Huby.
21/22: 5 PP goals, 33 PP assists
22/23: 3 PP goals, 8 PP assists (projects to 5 PP goals, 13 PP assists).
He’s on pace for 20 less points on the PP this season. That’s huge.
Outside of that though, Huby and Lindy don’t seem to have found any real chemistry which is a major bummer. That was really our only shot at getting close to having a strong #1 line - as those are really the only two players who have consistently produced at that level in recent years. There could be an argument for Kadri for sure (but not really, as last year was an outlier for him) and I’d certainly like to see Huberdeau - Kadri - Lindholm at some stage, but the coaches seem dead set on having Lindy play C.
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A lot of Lindy's goals on the powerplay that I recall came from passes from behind the net to him in the high slot. So, for example, Tkachuk would depart his net front, go behind the net and pass out to an open Lindholm. That's not Huberdeau's spot and no one else is making that pass.
Huberdeau has made a lot of passes to ther slot from LW on the powerplay, but the problem is it's still short side and the goal has it covered, plus the recipient hasn't created any space.