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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
The original question was what if they keep Tkachuk until the TDL
At TDL, contending teams will not make guys like Huberdeau and Weegar available. They need them.
Lottery teams may but they wouldn’t want to pay for a rental at that time. And they have no urgency to make any deal. And you are not going to get their draft picks. And good luck getting Tkachuk to extend with lottery team
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Yeah, and the original question is answered by saying instead of one expensive TDL piece, the Flames now have two very inexpensive ones, one of whom is elite. A unicorn if you will.
At this TDL, Treliving may well decide that he will trade Huberdeau even if they are “contending” because that word doesn’t mean a lot at that point. If they are merely a playoff team, but not a favorite, and Huberdeau is unsigned, there might be a very nice package from a team that could use an elite winger who only costs a fraction of $5.9M in AAV.