Huberdeau has a track record of an elite offensive winger. I simply do not accept that he has declined and lost all of his talent. This is simply a case of a player that has moved for the first time in his career to a new team and city on the other side of the continent, playing under a coach that employs a style of hockey that's not conducive to career offensive seasons. Yes I know what the first line did last season but that that was lightning in a bottle as you only have to look at offensive production of Kings players after he was let go in LA as well as Iginla's production that went from a 60/70 point player under Sutter to successive seasons of 94, 98, 89 after he went upstairs. I'm not going to panic here until I see him struggle under another coach.
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