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Originally Posted by Jore
As a win now trade, the return is pretty impressive, but I agree whether win now was the way to go is a legit question. Are the flames now better than they were last year? Are they good enough to beat Colorado, TBL, Carolina? If not, what’s the point of just trying to get into the playoffs? For my money, I think the flames are still short one Huberdeau caliber forward, especially at C, and I don’t see how they can get such a forward, even with this trade.
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If Treliving says this was by far the best trade available then I believe him. I mean, just looking at the names involved, the shock value would leave the average person thinking Treliving robbed Zito at gun point.
But once contract terms are put into play, I think it starts to shift toward Florida. Now obviously Treliving can still extend the others and tilt it back heavily in his favor, but as of right now, we’re renting Huberdeau and Weager for a year who could theoretically still fetch the Flames a nice return now or at the deadline. So there’s definite silver lining.
But yeah I’m with you, it still feels like the Flames subtracted 2 Huberdeau’s and only got one back. It’s hard to tell how the Flames will do this upcoming season as there’s still work for Brad to do, but yeah, I agree, finding a top line RW will could be difficult.