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Originally Posted by kukkudo
The question is, if you removed a 10M+ player from a team in the NHL, would they struggle? Let's see
Avs without MacKinnon - Struggle bigtime
Bruins without Pastrnak - Struggle bigtime
Panthers without Barkov - Struggle bigtime
Oilers without Mcdavid - We know the answer
Flames without Huberdeau - They would be fine imo
Huberdeau is paid to put up points period!
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Huberdeau is paid to be a playmaker with no one to make plays to.
Would you trade Backlund and Coleman for :
Fla - Reinhart/Rodrigues
Boston - Marchand/Zacha
Col - Nichushkin/Raantanen
Edm -Draisatl/anyone else
The answer is yes, I wouldn't have to think about any of those trades, that's really telling (I really like both Backlund and Coleman).
The huge difference here is that there is a complimentary player on each of those lines. Could a guy like Coleman fit in on a line with Reinhart and Barkov, or Marchand and Pastrnak, sure. But there is another talented scorer on all those lines, if not 2.
Barkov - Reinhart has 17 goals already this year, he's been over 30 goals twice, and over 20 goals 7 times in his career. Huberdeau would have more points playing with a guy like that. Reinhart has significantly more goals and points than Barkov. Reinhart is making the 10 million dollar player better this year.
Mackinnon - If you put Huberdeau in Colorado with Nichushkin and Rantanen do you think he gets more points? I certainly do, as many as Mackinnon, no, but he'd be FAR better.
Pastrnak - More than half of Pastrnaks points have come on the PP, 20 of his 39 points. He's spent much of this season playing with Brad Marchand, and having a guy like McAvoy on the point.
McDavid - McDavid is McDavid, and gets to play with Draisatl when they need it.
You're comparing good teams with talent (not the oilers
) , to the Flames who are lacking in that department. Is it the system? Is it the talent? It's both, part of the reason our system lacks creativity is because we don't have the players to play that way. If Mangiapane was on a 30 goal pace, Lindholm was on a 40 and Dube was pushing for 20 maybe it'd be a different story.
Put Mangiapane back with Backlund and Coleman, put Huberdeau with Sharangovich, Zary, someone. Doesn't matter.