I really question why the PP was never truly ran through Huberdeau, and why such little adjustments were made to what was such a slow, plodding, predictable PP scheme all season long.
This is a player who had averaged over 35 points a year (by pace) on the PP over the previous 4 years. He has just 15 PP this year. To me that seems so easily correctable and would bring him back to point per game levels.
Just a ton of quite frankly head scratching decisions that only highlighted the downfalls of a system that decreases the margins for mistakes.
I don't think it's a coincidence that this team struggled against bottom feeders as the way Darryl has the team player really eliminates the skill gap between teams.
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