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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
He shouldn’t be playing defence? Ever see Marchand play? Or or miko rantanen or Nikita kucherov? Or Dustin brown? Or any other championship caliber play making winger ? They play defence.
All a coach can control is ice time and deployment. These guys are overpaid divas.
And sorry to say but Huberdeau is being paid like he’s the guy. Massive miscalculation by the front office. The equivalent of taking a s#!t on your bosses desk when you resign or quit.
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He's always been a one dimensional, offensive winger. You can make him play defense, like he is doing now, but it's obviously killing his offensive game.
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Originally Posted by soulchoice
For this year agreed. However, by next year at a salary of 10.5m per year. He has to be that guy to drive a line or carry a team, however unlikely it will be.
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I think you're setting yourself up for a disappointment if you expect that. He will put up more points in a different system but I never saw that kind of player in Florida. Just the fact that he is almost totally a pass first -type of player means that he heavily relies on his linemates to produce. He also doesn't carry the puck up the ice.