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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
And why would Huberdeau sign an extension with the team where he's producing his worst totals in a long time.
So it would have resulted in them flipping him instead and at his lowest value.
It's in everyone's best interest (Huberdeau and the Flames) to find a way to get him going. Including at some point if he did want to be traded that only happens if he's producing.
But the notion that they should have waited and then he would have signed a lower contract is dumb. If they waited you are looking at having to trade him for sure, and at low value. Which maybe will still have been better than the deal they signed, but the scenario you are describing doesn't exist.
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Huberdeau’s return at reduced value without an extension is still a situation I’d much rather be in vs the term and dollars owed to him. His contract is a boat anchor. I’d sooner the cap flexibility plus whatever he’d have returned, even at a diminished value.