I agree. Husso rely heavily dmens to clear crease. He is normally good with rebound and first shot. In AHL he looked same. Trusted dmen to win rebound pucks, but in Blues we dont have that good dmen anymore who can man handle front of net. Majority of time lies 1vs1 man battles front of net.
That said it's going to be problematic if and when we play against Vegas who is NHL biggest team or Avs. Our midgets Dunn, Krug and Faulk are going to be huge problem against big forwards for ex. Stone, Landeskog, Rantanen, Pacioretty, Tuch, (Reaves), Burakovsky, Nikushkin. Faulk, Dunn and Krug cant even beat Saad, Donskoi or Kadri front of net. So when you put those big bodies in our net they can do what ever they like.
You can ask yourself why would Avs dmens be ok vs our big forwards? Where is difference? I can name Girard who has been biggest trouble against our forwards and will be guy who will be biggest trouble vs our forwards. He is least physical dmen in Avs group who really miss toughness from his game. That is one reason why Makar is good defensively vs Faulk for ex. Doesnt know how to box out, doesnt understand take a stick away, doesnt understand surroundings of him, doesnt see the ice and will caught up no man's land majority of time. That goal is good ex. What we are missing from our dmens.