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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
This one is probably a bit more difficult to do. Huberdeau and his agent were likely well aware of what the Flames offered Gaudreau a few weeks previous and given he's outproduced Johnny over the last four seasons and they are nearly the same age, you had to know that they would be expecting the same contract so very little back and forth required with those negotiations.
Flames are starting from scratch with Weegar on term and salary. There's going to be some back and forth going on with these negotiations.
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Weegar also doesn’t have the pedigree and track record of Huberdeau. He has 121 pts in six NHL seasons and only popped two seasons ago.