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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Jesus christ...
Whatever Tkachuk will or won't do for the next 1, 2, 5, 10 seasons has absolutely ZERO relevance to any of this.
He was gone no matter what.
He requested a trade, he was not going to sign in Calgary. EVER.
This is not Treliving deciding to move on from Tkachuk.
This was Treliving having to react to Tkachuk telling him, and everyone else in the league that HE WAS NOT GOING TO STAY IN CALGARY.
lol
That Treliving took that BS situation and turned it into:
1. An top line winger and top 10 league wide scorer, now committed to CGY for 9 years
2. A top pairing defenseman from the Presidents trophy winning team last season
3. A pretty decenbt prospect
4. A future 1st round pick
Is nothing short of a goddamned miracle.
Blows me away that there are some Flames fans in here wringing their hands over this.
LMAO
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perfectly put. Treliving has been dealt a terrible hand in the last few weeks and it's pretty astonishing what he has done with it.
also blows my mind that people complain about the contract. Like, what did you expect? It was always going to be 8 years, and it was always going to be expensive. This is a top player (it's amazing that people want to argue he's rather a star than a superstar lol) who drives play and is 4th in the NHL in points over the last 4 years ... these guys don't come cheap, and you're not getting them on a 5 year deal. Add in the fact that it was well documented that they offered 8 x 10.5m to a player who is at a similar age, plays a similar position and had similar production, and yeah, good luck bringing that AAV down. And of course it will probably looks bad in the last 2-3 years of the deal, but that's the nature of these kinds of deals. Plus I actually think Huberdeau might actually age pretty well.
And in all honesty, I think Calgary just needed this. After the other two guys bolted, there was a lot of unfair criticism regarding the city and team, and a top player like Huberdeau signing long-term is the perfect answer to that. #### that "nobody wants to be here" narrative, just because two guys didn't.
If the return was spectactular when the trade was made, it is even more impressive today. If we re-sign Weegar (and I don't doubt it), it turns into a bloody homerun.