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Originally Posted by Boreal
Wow. What an analytical masterpiece of a breakdown. I can’t decide what is more impressive the oversimplification or the laziness.
The double standard is also elite.
Tkachuk & Gaudreau should have been resigned long term after unimpressive seasons & no combined playoff success, but Weegar & Huberdeau are mistakes because of a difficult start integrating into a new team.
Brad should learn how to manage HIS money better or HE’LL have to sell his team. Of course HE must own the team, and not Murray Edwards or the other partners.
That penny pinching miser. We should be paying Hanifin, Lindholm, & Anderson more as well. Then maybe we can be like Oiler fans & disregard the salary cap entirely.
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No, Tkachuk and Gaudreau should’ve been re-signed because they’re two of the most skilled play drivers in the league at their respective positions/style. I mean, we watch this team go up against every team in the league multiple times and there aren’t a lot of guys in the league who I’d pick ahead of those 2. The unicorn in Matthew Tkachuk and a Patrick Kane like talent in Johnny Gaudreau, you have to be willing to pay for that.
As for Weegar and especially Huberdeau, Treliving should’ve waited to see what they had in these 2 before he re-signed them. Just doing some pre-scout work, you could see that Huberdeau was not going to excel in Darryl’s system vs the rope-a-dope style he was use to.
Even just doing a player to player comparison, I’d easily have Gaudreau and Tkachuk ahead of Huberdeau any time, any where. There’s a lot warts in Jonathan’s game and I even went on record in the offseason, saying that I personally would not be comfortable signing him to a long term deal.