I think it’s quite likely Sutter is telling Huberdeau to play defensively responsible. I think it’s fair to say Huberdeaus style in Florida generated a lot of offence but at the same time caused more risk of plays coming back the other way than Sutter likes. I think Sutter has even said so in his post game interviews. He’s been trying to get Huberdeau to play the “right” way which to him means low negative event hockey. This is what you get when you combine a player who thrives on taking risks with a coach who doesn’t want risks to be taken. Reason the top line worked so well last year was that even though they did different stuff to the rest of the team they did it in a nice safe way.
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