Huberdeau knows far more about the intricacies of the position and what it takes for him to personally feel at his best and most productive than anybody else. I think it's extremely ignorant of not only Sutter but us as fans to believe that a player should transition with ease or succeed in a position he hasn't played at with any regularity. The fact that Sutter made that decision without communicating with the player and let it ride for months on end is truly perplexing and points to a major flaw in Darryl's approach.
It's also quite the contradiction as Darryl has stated on multiple occasions in the past that certain players (Tkachuk and Mangiapane) play significantly better on certain sides.
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