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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
You don't have multiple seasons in a row over a point a game by not being able to create offense
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I don't know. When I watch him play, I don's see a guy creating offence. I see a guy making good (even smart) offensive plays, but he isn't doing anything to create any offence.
I'm obviously not explaining it properly, but I just see a huge difference between a guy like Gaudreau who can create offence all by himself... either on his own or by adapting his play to utilize his linemates... vs a guy like Huberdeau who just makes high probability plays regardless if anyone's there to capitalize on them or not.
Even Sutter pointed out early in the season that Huberdeau makes "smart plays" to put the puck in an open area of the ice, and that the rest of the team needs to figure out where that is and start getting there to capitalize. That's what I mean by participatory offence vs creative offence.