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Flames Re-Sign Jonathan Huberdeau to 8-Year/$84m Extension; $10.5m AAV


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59 minutes ago, Cash or Czech said:

Signed until he’s 37, but he’s quietly been one of the top point producers in the league the past few years. Still think for $1mil more, I’d rather have Panarin 😉

Agreed. They are very close but Huberdeau has played under far less pressure and with more talented offensive players around him. 

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6 hours ago, Cash or Czech said:

Signed until he’s 37, but he’s quietly been one of the top point producers in the league the past few years. Still think for $1mil more, I’d rather have Panarin 😉

And at 27 not 30. No brainer. 

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I know. I was using your post (since it was last) to speak to the value of the deal.

 

I'd rather Panarin than Hub, head-to-head, contract-for-contract, every day and twice on Sunday. But I also don't think this is actually going to hurt them when he's 37 or 38. He'll age like Bergeron, not Callahan.

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I think it's an iffy deal for Calgary but it does resolve the question of whether they will be sellers at the trade deadline.

 

If the cap expands by 15-20% over the course of the deal Calgary made a good deal.  if for any reason it does not, well they'll be unhappy later in the deal.

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They have no real reason to be sellers. They've already invested in the team. If anything, a one-year, Bruins-like "tank" job would have been fine, where they miss this year and maybe aim for Bedard, but they just signed Markstrom and Coleman, traded for Toffoli, and extended a bunch of win-now guys. I get that they lost two 100-point players, and that's horrible, but it's not really a reason to tear it down to the studs. Huberdeau recoups 50% of the points they just lost. There's still work to do to replace Gaudreau, but maybe they just say fuck it and let Mangiapane be their top-line wing? He's already a 30+ goal guy. Maybe he pushes 40-50 with Hub?

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If they can lock up Weegar as well, they'll have really made a decent return out of a guy who was leaving anyway. The team is still good, and they shored up their defense while almost impossibly replacing a top line winger. 

 

They definitely don't have the pipeline to fill in for another high end winger, but a more rounded team with better depth might be good for them to still be competitive. Once they make it to the playoffs, you never know. 

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2 hours ago, Phil said:

 

I don't even understand what this means, but do we really need to say this if it means what I think it does?

Weaker teams or those in less desirable markets seem to have to offer richer contracts.  Perhaps with Canadian players, that's not as big of a factor for Calgary, Winnipeg or Edmonton.

 

Pretty tame as analogies go, no?

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Thats great for him; what an amazing career move. Gets to live in Florida and be a pro athlete with stability for the first half of his career. Then he gets to try a new area out and have stability for the backend of his career. Oh yea and and make a ton of money doing it. Stability, New adventures and lots of $$. Congrats!!

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Huberdeau is quietly one of the best players of the decade, and the man just made his money. Good for him.

 

ultjmately the flames got roasted this off season and I don’t think this will go very well for them but they managed to at least salvage the situation at face value so that’s not nothing 

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