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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Interesting. I have the opposite view - that the Weegar contract has minimal risk. He's a quality dman, and the only question is he top pairing or middle pairing. But if you are overpaying him, it's probably only by a little through the life of the contract.
Whereas the Huberdeau contract has the potential to hurt you a lot more if you are wrong.
I viewed the Weegar deal as more of a no brainer.
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Yep, I was in a similar boat. I really liked what I saw from Weegar in Florida, very noticeable, he can walk the line really well and can jump into the rush. There's definitely some untapped offensive potential there that we haven't seen yet.
Huberdeau though, scared me big time. Wasn't enamored with his style of play, was completely underwhelmed with what I saw. It took a special season from the top line to produce 100+ points which I believe was the first time since 1994 since Sutter had a 100 point player. I would've bet a lot of money that Huberdeau wouldn't have come close to 100 points under Sutter and that's looking very likely.
Like I've said before though, I'm sure he'll start producing more. He's not going to end up a 50 point guy, but even at 70-80-ish points and the style of game he plays, that contract still has a chance to look real ugly going forward.