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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I (a) don't think he dislikes Huberdeau and (b) disagree that he throws blind passes.
He throws tough passes that are often lower percentage but they aren't blind. He said himself he has gotten into positions where he was forced into passes he didn't really want to make. And creative players try stuff that doesn't work out all the time.
I don't think Sutter is keeping Huberdeau away from Lindholm because he thinks they wouldn't work together. He's probably just happy with how Dube and Toffoli are doing with Lindholm and doesn't want to split them up. Just like how he's not moving Mangiapane to a more productive position because he likes the way the Backlund line is performing overall.
EDIT: The ice time thing: I haven't looked back far but against Minnie, Huberdeau took the most 5x5 shifts of any forward (tied with Mangiapane, Kadri and Ritchie). 2 more than Lindholm. But he takes short shifts. He averaged 10 seconds less than Lucic per shift. It doesn't sound like much but it adds up. In fact Huberdeau's line's average shift length was the shortest of all forwards.
Looking back more, Sutter sure evens out the number of 5x5 shifts. So I don't think he hates Huberdeau, Huberdeau just is either more disciplined about shift lebth (Lucic is bad for this) or he's getting gassed quicker, which leads to other problems.
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The ice time thing is big because Huberdeau talked about it when he got here how playing more especially on the PK really helped him have the season he had last year.
Another massive failure by Darryl Sutter. Let's just strip away the ice time of the teams biggest star because Darryl knows best.
Just speaks volumes about just inability to communicate with his players and put them in a position they can succeed in.