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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
There were signs that Florida was going to part ways with Huberdeau regardless. They apparently delayed contract extension talks even though Huberdeau's agent was trying to initiate them. I think Florida realized after his inability to move up a gear in the playoffs, he wasn't someone to invest in for another 8 years at a superstar level salary, especially given his age. When the opportunity to get Tkachuk came up, I doubt they thought twice about it.
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Where were these signs?
The trade happened on July 25th, and conversations would have started well before that.
Huberdeau still had a year left on his contract, and the very earliest that they could have started negotiations for a new contract were July 1st. Obviously, the GM is going to be very busy through the first couple weeks of July. So there would have been a small window of week or two at most for them to have started talks - and who knows? maybe they did.
You're going purely on hindsight and your own bias here.