His on ice numbers cf, CA aren't great right now but the rest are solid, and he's sustained excellent individual rate stats for a long stretch now, especially individual scoring chances/60, which is a very good sign
Yea he is very as advertised, skates like the wind with a wicked shot, not great defensively but his skating makes him work well on the PK as a threat to go the opposite direction. Very smart offensively, as he progresses I hope he picks up on the defensive responsibility, this is his 3rd full season and the most he’s played per game.
In an ideal world, I’d like us to take the training wheels off the Kadri line and give them a lot more neutral usage so that the Huberdeau-Lindholm-Rango line can fly. Huska is currently avoiding giving Kadri and the kids any sort of defensive usage, and spot picking them against weaker opposition. If they can just get down to a more neutral usage, I think our top line would benefit hard from gaining the offensive orientated minutes. Huberdeau and Rango are both pretty poor 5v5 defensively, and that line is getting exposed hard in that regard. Unfortunately, a double rookie line would also get beat up pretty badly so it may just be the lesser of two evils.
He was red hot, but his underlying numbers caught up with that hotness, and became sustainable, instead of falling off the face of the earth and becoming a non-factor like everyone's favorite, Zary.
I'd like to be able to retire comfortably enough that I can spend a few months/year in the winter down South. Nothing fancy.
Top 6 winger that can slide to C when there are injuries. I'm not gonna name line 1 or 2, because it depends on the teams makeup, but he is best when paired with a good playmaker like Huberdeau.
Probably. On a team with a distinct lack of C’s he acquainted himself quite well. He’ll never be that 1C guy, but I’d be fine letting him develop a bit at C given he’s only 25 and has looked quite decent.
Maybe not if he becomes comfortable with his move to the center position. He looked pretty comfortable the other night.
You’re going to probably hear some unrealistic answers here, there’s some rampant negativity running around on our board. Realistically he’s a sure fire top 6 winger, but best case scenario he continues to play a top 6 C role and improving in the position. Ever since he received an established position in the top 6 he has 23 goals and 40 points in 47 games. Recently his points have come in absolute bunches, with just as many multi point games as pointless efforts in the last 8.
