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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Oiler fans are idiots. There is no big mystery here, nor is Zito an idiot like people are suggesting. With both Huberdeau and Weegar coming up for contracts, they were likely going to lose at least one. He decided to put all his eggs together and acquired the younger star player with more years of prime. I think many Flames fans are under selling Tkachuk’s abilities and value. It was a good deal for both teams.
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I agree that trading them was about their pending contract costs. And maybe playoff performances.
Nonetheless, Zito overpaid massively, and it was a fleecing by Treliving.