Lots of complaints online and a few heard on the radio specifically about this pass.
This is exactly where you want to put a pass for a netfront one-timer. Right towards the lead foot for the shooter to lean into it a roof it.
If Huby puts it onto Zarys tape (about a foot behind his skates at the time), it takes a fraction longer for him to get the shot off and an NHL goalie has a better chance to get set and make the save.
Zary wasn't ready for the pass and the pass was probably rushed just a bit since the defender was right on top of Huberdeau before the pass (and smacked him in the face with his stick lol).
Regardless, that is where you want a pass in that situation and pointing to this as a knock against the guy is pretty ridiculous. The dude gets enough dumped on him (usually with good reason) but it's one game in a new season. Let's cool the jets on shitting on the guy for a perfectly cromulent pass.
by Turbo1518
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That’s a really really bad pass he was trying for a zary one touch redirect and zary was looking shoot they got crossed up
Nah, it was a bad pass. But it shouldn’t matter, because huberdeau played a very good game and his night wasn’t defined by that pass
I haven’t seen anyone knocking Huby or this pass, haven’t seen any complaints either, We won the game and the subs been solid memes and positive vibes since then
People on this subreddit will fall over themselves to defend Hubs. He played well but this was not a good pass.
Zary was positioned perfectly to go far side if the pass was on the tape. It almost certainly would have been a goal as Silovs would have been sliding towards Zary after the pass. Part of making a good pass is reading your teammates positioning.
Putting it on the lead foot would be fine if there was more space, if Zary was right handed, or if the pass intensity was dialled down to 80%. However, Hubs only has one pass and that is absolute rockets.
There are less than 5 players in the show that would have any chance of getting a shot off with how the puck was delivered.
Terrible pass, it needs up closer to his back foot. Watch a clip of Leon.
The video is way to crap, and the frames per second can’t even keep up with the puck — really simple, it’s a tap in pass, that’s fast… This is not a shot pass. If Zary got wood on it, bingo, if he needed to elevate it’s not a good pass.
In those split seconds everyone on a keyboard not in the show is going to make their own points, and not actually understand that moment in time.
[https://imgur.com/a/2cJmrN3](https://imgur.com/a/2cJmrN3)
PS: you can see huby is getting chopped during the pass, so it’s also a dumb take either way.
This[This YouTube video](https://youtu.be/Z01kRisFpL0?si=-dQvVA_SdW6cJIgo) teaching kids how to make a good one timer pass on a 2 on 0 illustrates my point very well
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I agree with OP, better move for Zary is to move closer tot he far post while waiting for the pass, that area is too good to be wasted.
benefit 1, he would be closer to the net, make the puck get to the net sooner
benefit 2, by being a bit lower and more outside of the far post, it makes the goalie to turn move angle to be able to make a save,
benefit 3, separating himself from Vancouver’s D, with D’s dive and poke, 1.5 stick length is not even safe.
I don’t think Huby was under pressure to rush the pass, he made that pass toward the best position to score, but I don’t think Zary was thinking as much as Huby for this play.
For people to call it a bad pass on just one player is not fair to me, as there’s passer and the receiver in the play.
https://preview.redd.it/uk6778zjz6ud1.png?width=1212&format=png&auto=webp&s=7fb1afda1f06e6bc64314e740081ee5b306a018c
just my 2 cents
This pass is clearly too far ahead. Zary literally could not be more ready for this pass and he is presenting his target to Huby. His stick isn’t tangled up like you said elsewhere. If it’s in his wheelhouse he wouldn’t have to stop it with his lead skate. A righty can lean into this shot, but it’s too far ahead for a lefty to get leverage. The video you keep linking isn’t even a great example, Zary is more like option 2 and the pass in that demonstration is slightly ahead too and a muffin, not a crisp tap in pass.
No hockey player in Zary’s position wants that puck ahead of the lead foot. With more forward momentum sure you could get down on one knee but that’s more of a backdoor play where you’re not elevating it. I guarantee you Huby would put this on himself too rather than Zary.
Try this on the ODR and see for yourself. I’ve defended Huby plenty and I thought he showed good jump last game, I’ve always thought he tries hard. But this is just an incorrect take sorry, the proof is right there in the play: a player of Zary’s calibre puts this on net with a proper pass.