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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
'fortunate bounce off the post'... no, I think a fortunate bounce would have gone in the net. What the play DID have, was some really good hustle to win the race to the pack.
And the pass to Mangiapane on the 4th goal was brilliant - I just re-watched it and you could see Huberdeau look around and see the open ice so he led Mangiapane with the pass and that broke down the Jets' D, allowing Lindholm to walk all alone to the front of the net.
Beyond that, his pass to Coronato was even better, and should have also resulted in an assist.
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Yeah this kind of illustrates my point. Only want to make note of the points he could have had, not those he might not have had.
The play to Mangiapane was a smart play and that’s a good secondary assist. But Mangiapane made a brilliant play there IMO.
Of course the bounce off the post was fortunate. Doesn’t change that he hustled on the play, who said he didn’t?
I guess I don’t get the defensiveness around Huberdeau. He got 2 points and the team won, pretty nice result. Did he play well enough for that result to be sustainable? Kind of tough to say after one game although I think he and the Flames will need more a lot more offensive zone time to regularly expect that kind of offensive output.