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Originally Posted by dissentowner
What? Multiple forward prospects that had decent upside petered out into nothing under his watch. It isn't those teams lacked impact forwards, it's that they failed to develop under his coaching.
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How exactly do you gauge who in the organization ruined a forward? Also which forwards do you mean?
1st rounders
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Jankowski had a steady progression under Huska. After playing 1 full season scoring 56P in 64GP, he started the season with 8P in 6GP and was called up.
Poirier had a great upside, and an awesome rookie year, but also battled with alcoholism.
Baertschi - Huska only got him for 36 games. In a season he spent between Adirondack and Calgary before being traded. Baertschi's confidence was ruined by Hartley, and it is well documented.
Klimchuk simply failed to take the next step and out-produce other forwards in Stockton, but you could make a case here. He still went from a 10P player to a 40P+ under Huska.
Shinkaruk was a former 1st that was acquired from VAN in the Granlund trade. He was Utica's leading scorer when acquired(39P in 45GP). He had a drop in production right after the trade(12P in 17GP), but was back to a similar pace the next year(35P in 52GP).
2nd rounders
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Hunter Smith - yep Huska completely ruined the guy. He had all the size and you can't teach that.
Granlund - Had 17P in 21 GP in his first season under Huska before getting called up and playing 48 games in Calgary. He only played 12 games in the 2nd season before getting traded for Shinkaruk.
Dube - Huska had him for 6 games in the AHL, in which he had 4P. Then Huska took the assistant role in Calgary.
2nd round D: Andersson, Kylington, Wotherspoon, Sieloff
Which forwards am I missing? Because I might be misremembering something.