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Old 11-03-2023, 11:43 AM   #687
Aarongavey
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Originally Posted by sss1 View Post
That scouting analysis is really neat and all, but I'd be shocked if the Flames coaching staff hasn't already come across those same findings.

The team knows they haven't built a team & system that would enable Huberdeau to be at his best. IMO the coaching staff were hoping that, after his first 82 games, Huberdeau would come back this year and 'get it'. They made a bet that his creativity and IQ would adapt, but it hasn't and it won't.

All I can see now is that he Flames are stuck with a fragile one-dimensional playmaker that costs 10.5 million. Either mold the team around him or suffer.
There are very few, if any teams, that try to generate offence the way the Flames try to generate offence. If that is on the one-dimensional player or on the Flames and their system can be debated. But the Flames with their straight lines, their focus on cycling down low, have a unique approach to generating offence in the NHL.
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