There's a few things being said here that are stated as fact and I just don't think they are accurate.
Huberdeau is not the same player as Gaudreau. He is not comfortable maneuvering with the puck through traffic the way Gaudreau does and expecting him to have the puck on his stick as much as Gaudreau is unrealistic.
Huberdeau is being told to dump and chase? I'm not buying it, I don't see a lot of instances where I expected him to carry the puck and he dumps it in.
The Flames give up the puck more than other teams when entering the zone? I don't see that either and I don't see metrics that support it. Flames do well in zone time, shot attempts and shots. That's not a team playing without the puck and chasing.
IMO the Flames do lack puck carriers though. Kadri can do it, but he plays like Paul Newman in Slapshot where the puck is nailed to his stick. Until it isn't.
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