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Originally Posted by zamler
It's easy to use Huberdeau as the scapegoat truth is Darryl's line combinations, ice time allocation and starting goalie decisions have been terrible. That doesn't mean Huberdeau and the rest of the lineup would march to a Cup win under a different coach.
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Won’t disagree with you on the goaltending usage, that’s definitely all on Sutter. His decision to over play Markstrom instead of the much more steady Vladar is probably the worst decision he’s made all season.
But in terms or ice time allocation and line combinations, I think Darryl’s been fine in this department. He has a good sense of who’s going and generally plays guys deserving of the ice time.
He’s also changed up the lines when need be, he’s tried Huberdeau with basically every guy in the line up to try to find some chemistry. Ironically, the guy seemingly everyone hates to see #10 paired with in Lucic was probably the best fit so far or at the very least, there weren’t “Huberdeau is a bust” threads/posts littered all over when they were together that one month.