On ice shooting percentage speaks to every single player standing on the ice with you, not just your own. Almost every team in the leagues 3rd liners having higher on ice shooting percentages than any of our guys speaks to either us having a huge blip of a season, or that Huska is the worst coach to ever stand on a bench in an NHL rink. I believe the former more than the latter.
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I think it's partially he former and partially option C Huska is a good coach... Huska has them playing a defensive style because our blueline is our biggest weakness and if we take the reigns off guys we're only going to be average in GF, while playing this way with a top goaltender, we'll win more games than if we try and outscore teams.
While I do think Huska is more of a stop gap coach while our young players transition, and his style definitely suppresses some offense, we aren’t exactly the only defensive structured team in the league and it’s not like the Flyers, Islanders or Kraken have forward rosters of globetrotters. Yet none of them are even bottom 3rd in 5v5 shooting percentage. Random variation or “puck luck” is a huge factor here.
Darth Vladar
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Huby so good they gave him the primary AND secondary assist on Coro’s goal, he just that dude lol
Was talking about Hubes at work today, and I was saying that despite him not being point per game (which is the minimum you'd hope for from that contract), he's probably playing the best hockey of his career this year. He's making plays, scoring goals, winning board battles, driving the net. And despite the +/-, he's been pretty solid defensively for the most part. I'm glad that whatever that mental block that he was seeing a sports psychologist for this past summer, is seemingly gone. And I think the fact that he isn't trying to be the "Replace Johnny as the teams big playmaker" thing like he really was suggesting/trying to be his first year, and is instead just being his own player is working wonders too.
JPeeper
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Was at a wedding in Canmore so I missed the game, but TO THE PLAYOFFS WE GOOOOOOO!!!!
Nanuuk
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Don't look now, but we're 30th in the league in GPG.
Onward and upwards!
Onward and upwards!
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Huska is playing to the teams weaknesses. It’s not his fault a bunch of players are having down years compared to last year. Hes also changed their system recently. There is a forward leaving the defensive zone a lot earlier now and they are sending long passes to that player. It’s been creating a lot of odd man breaks. The winning goal the other night was off one of those rushes.
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The second Coronato goal was vintage Huberdeau, off the rush makes a great pass to a racing Coronato who snipes it.
If Huberdeau can continue this goal pace for the next couple years I can see him getting back to 80-90 points as his assists should balloon with the growth of Coronato.
He's exactly what Huberdeau needs, he actually is a right shot to go on the right wing which opens up plays like last night. Now just insert a top line center and we're rolling.
Felidae
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I'm not sure I'd go as far to say it's the best hockey he's played. His playmaking is still his greatest asset and the way the flames play doesn't suit what he's best at
Compared to Florida when they were excellent off the rush, he was a borderline top 10 point producer in the league for a few years even before his career year.
That being said, this is easily the most defensively responsible, gritty and shoot first hockey he's played. Particularly his work around the net is just something you didn't see much when he was a Panther. This is definitely the version for Huberdeau that works in Calgary.
