"Kristian Huselius is the most unpredictable forward on the Blue Jackets roster. He's also exactly the player the franchise thought it was acquiring in signing him to a free-agent contract before last season.

The contradictory nature of those two statements is what frustrates many about the left winger. Huselius is a productive, maddeningly streaky performer who consistently puts up decent numbers by season's end.

He can be responsible for some of the game's softest and most brilliant plays. He has been that type of talent since breaking into the NHL with the Florida Panthers in 2001.

"He's what we thought we were getting," said general manager Scott Howson, who signed Huselius to a four-year, $19million deal after the club traded away Nikolai Zherdev. "I thought we were getting a player who would score at the low end 50 points and at the high end 70 points. He has provided skill so we are more of a threat offensively

"Kristian is hard to defend.""