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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This, to me, is an insane contract and a mistake that will really hurt the team in a few years. Wish I could say otherwise but my immediate reaction is overwhelmingly negative.
I'd have much preferred they beat the price Seattle gave for Bjorkstrand, even - obviously not the same tier of player but the cap space is just so much more valuable right now than anything else, and of all the high-earning player types, scoring wingers are the least valuable assets based on the transactions we've seen this summer. Even on that front, if you were going to allocate cap space to a scoring winger, the better bet would be to pay Mangiapane whatever it took to lock him up for 8 years than do this.
I wouldn't have given him 10 million per and I wouldn't have given a term over 6 years. Even 6x9.5 is a bit risky from where I sit. This deal is absurd.
Hope I'm wrong... and hope Weegar comes in for a more reasonable figure.
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It is a massive contract that has risk, no doubt about that. Honestly, there was no way Huberdeau could refuse it. I'm not doing victory laps by any means until I see it play out on the ice.
But honestly, I don't know if this franchise could suffer the alternative worst case scenario of seeing another star player leave within the same calendar year as two others. It would be devastating to the image of the team, city and the long term viability of the franchise. They absolutely had to get it done and both Huberdeau and his agent knew that.
I am glad it's done, but if the results don't play out on the ice, I reserve the right to complain about it then. Until then, just go with it man!