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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Yes, that's right. It's pretty easy to shut down any player in this league when you focus on shutting down one specific guy by double-triple teaming him. That's why I was always so harsh on his past linemates for not doing their fair share of the heavy lifting. That is up until Lindholm and Tkachuk entered the equation to help unlock his game. It's fascinating to watch how much a skilled player's game can be enhanced with an extra second or an extra foot or two of space.
That's why I think Huberdeau's game can still be saved, not sure it'll be here, but I do agree with the sentiment that he didn't just forget how to play. His game may not completely translate to playoff style hockey, but I think if he found his own version of "Matthew Tkachuk," then he should be a lot more productive than his current 53 point pace.
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AND pretty easy to double-team a player when the other winger on his line is Lucic for a long stretch of games.