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Originally Posted by Flamescuprun2018
Now that is a very good point. I did not consider.
However I would rebut by saying if we are just a fringe playoff team at deadline it is likely Sutter relents and let's BT do what he needs to do.
BT needs to have a conversation with Sutter now. If the team looks good early in season and yet BT cannot re-sign Huberdeau he is going to have to let BT pull trigger on trade.
Even Sutter recognizes that you cannot trash the franchise when you have a golden moment to set it up better for a proper retool/rebuild once you realize you are staring down a dark pit of despair a few steps away otherwise.
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Hopefully they sign Huberdeau and this is all mute, but I suspect that Sutter has this team in a much better spot than bubble at the deadline. The Pacific sucks and the Flames today have a better defence than last year and a forwards group that is worse, when that all comes out in the wash I suspect it is another top 10 regular season team, which in the Pacific means 1st or 2nd.