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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
BS. He didn’t play with superstars in Florida. He should make his linemates better, not worse. A superstar who is only good with other superstars isn’t a superstar themselves. They’re a complimentary piece. And you don’t pay complimentary pieces $10.5m a season.
Not to mention those same players look fine when not with Huberdeau. It’s insane anyone would blame this on his linemates.
Even if we bought into this theory for a second, his linemates aren’t the worst in the league. But his contract sure is. Even with mediocre linemates he should still be way, way better than he is.
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Who said he needs to play with superstars? The Flames have no superstars. As I said, doesn't matter who the player is. Playing on a line with Backlund and Coleman will only produce so much, doesn't matter who you put with them. If you put Draisatl on that line Coleman and Backlund are still really unlikely to hit 25 goals. If you're playing D against that line it's not going to be complicated.
No one can deny that getting Kadri the right linemates (neither of whom are superstars) completely changed his game, and how most fans see him. He's been great since getting matched up with better linemates for his game.
The Flames currently have nearly the worst pp in the league, 10 goals on 88 attempts I believe. This is going to be a big part of the equation for a player like Huberdeau as well. Our pp system is obviously terrible, neither unit produces.
I don't think Huberdeau has been good, I think people are really overreacting and just looking for everything he does wrong. Every game I see him make multiple nice plays for players to miss the net or shoot it into the goalies chest. Last game he made a great pass to Lindholm on the pp and promptly shot it over the net. They have to try something to get him going, because it's not going to happen with Backlund and Coleman. So it's new linemates, improve the PP or both.