Jonathan Huberdeau did mental and physical work in the off-season in an effort to make his third season as a Calgary Flame his best one yet.
The 31-year-old got off to a strong start with two goals and two assists in Saturday’s 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Calgary’s home-opener.
Huberdeau’s four-point outing followed his goal in Calgary’s season-opening 6-5 overtime road win over the Vancouver Canucks, for a total of five points in his first two games of 2024-25.
Traded to the Flames in the summer of 2022 and signed then to an eight-year, US$84-million contract, Huberdeau famously said after his first season in Calgary “I completely lost my swagger.”
The left-winger totalled 107 points over his first two seasons in Calgary after a single-season 115 with the Florida Panthers before his trade to Calgary.
Huberdeau says he hit the gym hard and sought guidance from psychologists to …