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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Only 3 good games in a row but so far the keep or add minutes and give him more opportunities strategy seems to be working.
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Huberdeau was turning it around a few games ago, that is why you actually watch the games not just look at stats.
there was ridicule for complementing good plays that didn't turn into points but you could see it coming. That is why you don't press box players because they are playing below their contract value or historical averages.
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TBH the underlying stats had shown it too, the puck just wasn't going in the net.
He had been generating chances for much of that 12 game pointless streak, puck just went in the last two games for him.
His team rank over those 14 games:
Corsi %: 55.6% (1st)
Scoring Chances %: 55.1% (1st)
High Danger %: 54.3% (3rd)
Expected Goals %: 53.7% (3rd)
Scoring Chances For: 103 (1st)
High Danger For: 44 (1st)
Expected Goals For: 9.38 (1st)
Hopefully he keeps it up but he's been creating chances on the ice at 5v5 for pretty much the entire 12 game pointless streak and the last 2 games now where he has points.
He's paid for production so the puck has to go in, but even during the pointless streak there were signs the offensive play was coming.