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Originally Posted by Fleury2005
Yeah but there are 10+ other companies happy to pay you that $72m. Why not spend a few months making sure you like the fit first? I'm not suggesting do something goofy like Klingberg and sign for one year instead of 6+ - but I'd definitely take a bit of time to check the vibe of the org before signing long term.
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These guys aren’t basketball players. Huberdeau will be turning 30 when he hits UFA. All that needs to happen is for him to not gel with Darryl or tear up his knee, or get a concussion, and that $72m over 7 years can become $40M over 5 years real quick.
Huberdeau isn’t in the same situation as Gaudreau - he’s hitting FA later, he’s not “going home to be closer to family”, he didn’t just marry a girl from the east coast. To my knowledge, there are no pressing family medical commitments taking up his attention.
And with all that, Johnny Gaudreau still got less than $10M a year, from the Blue Jackets of all teams.
John Klingberg cost himself so much money.
Taylor Hall cost himself so much money.
Kadri is not getting the market he thought he would.
The Flames are almost certainly offering Huberdeau the Gaudreau deal. 8 years $84M.
I don’t see how any pragmatic player turns that down. Absolute best case scenario, Huberdeau loses $15M (Which is actually $19.2M Canadian, the country Huberdeau happens to be a citizen of.)
We all should’ve seen Gaudreau leaving after his dad’s heart attack. I wouldn’t want to be 4000 miles away in another country if my dad was in poor health if I didn’t need to be either.