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Jonathan Huberdeau

This would seem to make him more valuable to me, rather than less.

So this kid put up 100+ points, and had a two-month playoff run winning the Memorial Cup at the end, all while being on of the weakest players in the draft? Imagine what he can do with an NHL strength and conditioning program. :amazed:
 
Some athletes are just good at their games, and not very athletic or strong in a sense. A lot of soccer players aren't amazingly fit, but as long as they have endurance and the natural skill for the game they do great.
 
bluemandan said:
This would seem to make him more valuable to me, rather than less.

So this kid put up 100+ points, and had a two-month playoff run winning the Memorial Cup at the end, all while being on of the weakest players in the draft? Imagine what he can do with an NHL strength and conditioning program. :amazed:
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Was about to post exactly this after reading the OP
 
Wasn't there some player in the NFL drafted very high because he had an awesome combine, but who ended up being awful on the field?
 
kesselsnapSHOT said:
this is florida's draft pick...huberdeau is going to start the panther's revolution. what a beast, he's gonna be a beast in the nhl!
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If anything, his testing results only encourage me. If he's this good now, how is he going to be when he fills out and maxes out his frame?

Of course, bench presses and long jump are just short of meaningless for hockey anyway, so there's that.
 
With those kind of numbers at the combine, Huberdeau will be lucky if he gets picked in any of the 7 rounds at all...:sarcasm:
 
quesosauce said:
hes running away from this guy named Scrunchie who tried to pick a fight with him at a strip club buffet, no joke
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Fighting over Strip Club food?

I didn't think it was possible to get lower than Chris Phillips' +/-, but Tyler Arnason found a way.
 
Playmaker09 said:
As long as his work ethic isn't in question, all that means is he has more room for improvement IMO.
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Wow. That's the most blatant spin I've ever heard.

So if Huberdeau tanking at the combine means that he just "has more room for improvement", I guess the Oilers should be looking at Carter Sandlak at #1 overall, because there aren't too many draft-eligible prospects who have more "room for improvement" than he does.
 
DaftyDangles said:
if you look at Johnathon Huberdeau, ( C, St.John [QMJHL] ) and what he has accomplished this year, ( Memorial Cup, 100+ points) you would think that he deserves a top 5 speculation. At the combine today, Huberdeau's numbers were terrifying. Yes, you can argue that it was just 12 days ago that he was on the ice, but if you could only do 2 Bench Presses, ( 6.5 presses behind 2010 average for ALL prospects at the combine last year) and is nearly 9'' behind the average for long jump on the spot, do you think that Huberdeau has bust potential? ( or do you think he is still recovering from the memorial cup?) I don't think it was a fluke he put up the 106 points or whatever, or that he wont tournament MVP, its just... weird that he did this bad at the combine. either way, i wanna know what you guys think.
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I don't put much into combine numbers. Mario Lemieux couldn't even bench press 140 pounds and went onto be not so bad.
 
SK13 said:
If anything, his testing results only encourage me. If he's this good now, how is he going to be when he fills out and maxes out his frame?
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QFT, I was about to say the exact same thing. All the results mean is that he can get better just by improving the easy stuff (i.e. strength and conditioning work).
 
BluechipBulletin said:
Wow. That's the most blatant spin I've ever heard.
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It's not spin, it's logic that many NHL teams subscribe to and acknowledge publicly every year at this time.

If Jonathan Huberdeau is as dominant as he is without being a physical specimen, the idea that when he fills out his frame he will be that much better makes a lot of sense.
 
I don't put too much stock in combine numbers, hockey is not football, most hockey skills are dependent on technique and coordination far more than raw power/explosiveness. Look at Phil Kessel, he's one of the fastest skaters in the league, with one of the hardest wristers in the league, but he's a short chubster with minimal muscle.
 
SK13 said:
It's not spin, it's logic that many NHL teams subscribe to and acknowledge publicly every year at this time.

If Jonathan Huberdeau is as dominant as he is without being a physical specimen, the idea that when he fills out his frame he will be that much better makes a lot of sense.
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exactly, the oilers and bruins were licking their chops at the combine imagining what Hall would be when he fills out his frame.
 
Followed Canuck draft Anthony a fair bit and got to see quite a bit of
Huberdeau. My questions would be that he had only one year of dominance (unlike people like Hall or Coutuier) and the he played on an outstanding team that facilitated the type of offense game Huberdeau has (especially around the net). I wonder if he could produce much on his own. Reminds me of Grabner who took awhile but turned out in the end.
 
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