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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
He was prolific on a line with Barkov, yes. Apparently not so much when paired with any of Florida's other centres (Trochek, Wennberg, Lundell)
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Not sure it's fair to just it's all Barkov.
Between 2014 and 2022 he averaged 45 points per 82 games at 5v5, and 2.39 points per 60 at 5v5. Generally that ranks you in the top 30 or so of 5v5 production, and to average that over a 8 year stretch is very very good.
Natural stat trick can only do 3 year WoWY so let's take a look.
2014-2017:
Huberdeau + Barkov: 1572 TOI, 53.1% xGF, 3.24 GF/60
Barkov w/o Huberdeau: 1159 TOI, 51.1% xGF, 2.17 GF/60
Hubderdeau w/o Barkov: 992 TOI, 51.5% xGF, 2.6 GF/60
Both guys benefitted from playing together, Huberdeau faired better away from Barkov than vice versa.
2017-2020
Huberdeau+Barkov: 2089 TOI, 50.4% xGF, 3.45 GF/60
Barkov w/o Huberdeau: 1317 TOI, 47.7% xGF, 2.96 GF/60
Huberdeau w/o Barkov: 1230 TOI, 48.1% xGF, 2.83 GF/60
So again both better together than separate, Huberdeau still strong GF/60 without Barkov.
2020-2022
Huberdeau+Barkov: 293 TOI, 56.52% xGF, 3.69 GF/60
Barkov w/o Huberdeau: 1303 TOI, 58.9% xGF, 3.26 GF/60
Huberdeau w/o Barkov: 1426 TOI, 52.3% xGF, 3.66 GF/60
So the underlying metrics got worse but the production in terms of points and goals actually was still better than Barkov away from Huberdeau and on par with the limited minutes they played together.
In 21-22 his most common linemates were Bennett and Duclair. In 20-21 his most common linemates were Hornqvist and Wennberg.
This hindsight idea that Huberdeau was a bad player in Florida carried by Barkov and Bennett (lol) is just false.
He was a good player that was a top point producer in the league over a 6-8 year stretch. It hasn't worked out here at all for whatever reason but doesn't mean he was bad before.