2018 Offseason Grade The Player: Jonathan Huberdeau

[CHGoalie27]

GRADING Jonathan Huberdeau

Another easy A for me, pretty much a 70 point season, and with the increase in size and noticeably in confidence. After watching him for 5 years, I'm happy he's hitting what I remember to be his original expectations on the stat sheet!

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[Jean Luc Discard]

Easy C.

 

[KW]

B+. He needs to improve his skating. Which will probably happen. He’ll probably be an A this season.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

A-. Came back from a pretty gnarly injury and put up career highs in goals, assists and points. Faded down the stretch but looks to be a 65-75pt player going forward.

 

[Chino Oscar]

B. Had ups and downs all season, also wore down towards the end. If he can avoid that next season easy A. Still a slow skater but has improved quite a bit since his rookie season, unlikely he will improve much more and will prob continue to be more of a possession/cycle player which benefits his lack of speed.

 

[StrangeVision]

Has exceeded my personal expectations for him. An easy A.

 

[Great8Cam]

B+

I think that playing with Trocheck hurts him a little because Trocheck is a little too selfish and that makes it hard to be on Trocheck’s line.

 

[pb1300]

B+

I think that playing with Trocheck hurts him a little because Trocheck is a little too selfish and that makes it hard to be on Trocheck’s line.

That is the exact reason why I voted B.

 

[FrolikFan67]

playing with trocheck doesnt do much for him (and really not much for anyone on that line anyways), hed be a B if he stays there. trocheck drives the play on his own and needs players that compliment his style (for instance a mcginn to do the dirty work and work a hard forecheck and win board battles, with a malgin or vatrano on the other to facilitate his speed, or a bjugstad to maintain possession down low). thats why i dont mind huberdeau with borgstrom, it spreads the lines out, gives borg a legit winger to play with, and i dont think trocheck would hurt from the changes either. either play the tro line 2nd or the huberdeau-borgstrom line 2nd. either way it gives us 3 strong lines.

 

[PSLguy]

B+

I think that playing with Trocheck hurts him a little because Trocheck is a little too selfish and that makes it hard to be on Trocheck’s line.

That is the exact reason why I voted B.

I agree with both of you!

 

[RainingRats]

69 points coming off a serious injury. Should be a 65-75 point player moving forward. A

 

[Android 16]

A/B, gave him the benefit of the doubt. A.

 

[Sticksandsun]

Awesome return from a bad injury, A-

 

[Chaos2k7]

B from me might surprise some, but his biggest thing was to get healthy for the full season after the previous seasons freak injury. And I still believe he has another level left in production. PPG+.

If this team actually figures out the PP we are going to be deadly. We have another triggerman with Hoff, but I would like to see Ekbald and MM take another step on PP2.

 

[PanthersHockey1]

Voted B. He trailed off towards the end of the season. I am not convinced he belongs on the 2nd line with Trochek.

 

[ShootIt]

A-.

Not going to discredit him for playing with a center that can go hero-mode at times.

Had he stayed on Barkovs wing, probably would of ended up closer to 80 points.

 

[Bobblebee]

A