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Originally Posted by memphusk
Asking for a 10.5 million dollar forward to hit 80 points a season is ridiculous?
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When you pair him with Backlund, Coleman, Lucic it is.
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Originally Posted by Spurs
Sorry if it has been addressed already in this thread but is there a point that the Hubredeau apologists will say ok there is a concern that isn't all about linemates?
it seems insane to me that a 10.5 million dollar player isn't able to improve linemates and in fact needs his linemates to improve him. Makes no sense and yet we still have people defending him and making excuses.
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I don't see anyone being an apologist. Fans are being unreasonable. He made Bennett, Duclair etc all better players. Those players also fit well with him for whatever reason, and the system that team played worked better. I think every single person in this thread has said repeatedly that he needs to be better.
There were examples of Mackinnon, Pastrnak, McDavid, and Barkov. In all those cases their linemates are FAR better offensively than Huberdeaus linemates. All those linemates are being elevated a bit, but they are also better players.
I think you can expect an improvement in the linemates, but playing Huberdeau with two 15 - 20 goal guys isn't going to add up to 80-90 pts with the worst pp in the league on top of it.