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Originally Posted by memphusk
Lots of players crank it up when the pressure is off.
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They traded for Huberdeau, gave him all this money, and nobody to play with.
They didn’t try Sharangovich with him until the new year - that should’ve been from Day 1.
Kuzmenko is the highest skill player they’ve added since Huberdeau’s been on the team.
Mantha is the first example of the Flames bringing in a player specifically to play with Huberdeau.
Huberdeau shares in the blame - he is the worst “franchise player” I’ve ever seen with the puck on his stick. He cannot carry it to save his life, and I don’t understand it. His linemates never expect his weird twitchy passes, and that’s not going to get better if they trading away players who have proven they can work with him.
But there is clearly still a productive player in there - it’s on the Flames to help draw that out.