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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Huberdeau has always feasted on the powerplay. I think the year he scored 115 points, only McDavid and Draisaitl had a more skewed pp points to 5-on-5 points ratio among the league top scorers (Kaprizov and Stamkos were in there too, all were pretty close). People love to call out McDavid and Draisaitl for padding their point production through the powerplay, but Huberdeau is (or was) in that same class.
I mean hey, they all count. I don't care if certain players need to rely on the powerplay more to score. Scoring on the powerplay wins you games just like scoring 5-on-5. The problem is that the Flames powerplay smells like cheeks. Huberdeau was supposed to be the guy to get it going, but for whatever reason, he can't do it. I think Treliving misjudged him as being a play driver when he really isn't, and a lot of Florida fans could have told him that.
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The powerplay definitely has sucked. I'm not sure that's on Huberdeau, since his stats are better than anyone except Zary on the powerplay. Then again, advanced stats don't say much about why a power play doesn't work.
I have never thought they played through him like they should, and lots of people have said the same. They play him net front half of the time and high wall the other half. He should be low corner.