Yeah I didn’t want to draw a direct comparison to Barkov but Pettersson is good defensively and can rip it. Barkov isn’t particularly nasty or grindy and he still meshed incredibly well with Huberdeau so that’s kind of where my head was at
Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you.
I think having those computer-on-ice guys in the mold of Barkov makes life so much easier.
When you look at Huberdeau's last two years in Florida, at all strengths, Barkov was his most common linemate and together accounted for about 50% of Jonathan's total production.
Calgary really only has Zary that's a hold-the-puck type guy; Petey would be a coup in terms of on-ice linematers.
I’m not a stat junkie, but the year the Panthers won the President’s Trophy (‘21/‘22), I’d be curious to know how many of Huberdeau’s points involved Barkov on PP1, OT or other late game situations in which Florida threw them out together. I saw a game in Sunrise where they beat the Leafs 7-6 in OT, and these two were dynamite together.
Much like the Oilers do with McDrai, I think they abandoned line combos when they needed a goal.
My post.
84 points of his total 176 points were with Barkov on the ice.
On the president's trophy team, 61 of the total 115 points came with Barkov.
There's a reason that come PP1, or down a goal, those two are together.