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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Well I've never liked Andersson or Weegar as PP QB - so that's part of it.
Still think they've also leveraged Kadri as the half board guy and Huberdeau as the net front which never made sense to me - Huberdeau should have always been the half wall guy on the LH side.
With Huberdeau, Kadri, Coronato, Frost, and Parekh I do personally think you could build a pretty good PP.
Kadri (Netfront)
Huberdeau (Left Half wall) - Coronato (Trigger Man)
Parekh (QB) - Frost (Zone Entry / Rover)
Huberdeau had a 3 year stretch in Florida where he was one of the top 3 PP producers in the league, he came to Calgary and it dissappeared. To me that's more than just talent available - our systems generally feel very passive and static all over the ice.
I always thought it was Huberdeau's skating that had dropped off - but NHL edge stats actually disprove that - it's how this team plays.
I watch this and wonder why we've never seemed to set up our PP around Huberdeau like Florida did. We always seem to set it up around Kadri and Weegar/Andersson on the right half wall.
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Huberdeau looks better on his skates this year actually. I also think almost every powerplay play should go through him. TBF Kadri looks to him more than he used to, though he's either net front or behind the net, which limits his passing.
They used Parekh on PP1 lately, but he and Huberdeau haven't connected much yet - positioning I think, since they aren't directly in passing lanes with each other often.
Someone mentioned a possible injury to Huberdeau. I dunno - he's been pretty physical this year. He does still take the world's shortest shifts.