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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Benn, Jones and Nurse have proven that they aren't good players. Huberdeau has had one bad season, in an environment where everything went wrong and was terribly toxic, when he was trying to become better defensively.
Keep some perspective.
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But Benn’s point total is what you are hoping for in year 4/5 of Huberdeau’s contract. If he has another 60pt next year then it will be one of the worst contracts in the league. If the Flames could find a team to take him this offseason then I’d be totally fine with it because it means they will finally do a rebuild.
Best case of Huberdeau rebounding still doesn’t really do much for the Flames unless some prospects go on a tear. They’d just waste the front end of his contract and be saddled with a Benn-like contract on the back half of it.
The Flames could be down to Kadri as their only top six center and multiple holes in the top 6 this year and then down to Weegar and Anderson on defense next year. I just don’t see how they ice a team that can even go on a Cinderella run while Huberdeau has the highest chance of bouncing back.
I’ll eat crow if Conroy successfully re-tools and the team is better next season but it is a tall order and they need to replace a #1C as a start assuming Lindholm wants out.