At this rate I am just hoping he has a Jeff Skinner-like resurgence, who was a buyout candidate in years 2 and 3 in his Buffalo contract. However, he improved to the same point production in his 4th year and now has been PPG in years 5 and 6 (right now). Hopefully it doesn't take Huberdeau that long, but looking at his point production it does align with the success of the team. If the team is playing well, his point production is staying consistent with that. His best year was Florida's best ever regular season record, where a lot went right for them. I think his production will increase once we begin to play better than what we are doing right now. I would rather draft a very high pick this year and hope we can start to figure things out with the retool. Huberdeau is a big problem right now, but I am confident with the right set of teammates he can still produce again. We have to start accepting that he may never hit 90+ points again, but 70-80 would be nice.
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