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Originally Posted by Ped
I wouldn't read too much necessarily into Zito willing to give up Huberdeau ad assume that's a terrible thing - he was an offensive wizard in Florida, but his defensive game was lacking. And Tkachuk was starting to get the reputation of the "unicorn" in analytics circles.
Florida was coming off a disappointing playoff, and I think Zito felt he needed to change up the chemistry and go for a different style. You have to give to get.
How many people thought it was a bad trade for Calgary? Hardly anyone. A lot of people thought adding Weegar meant Florida overpaid.
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Value wise the trade was good, in vacuum. But it always implicitly included re-signing the players at least if you were Calgary (I'd argue for any other team too). So you have to include the age of the players and their upcoming cap hits. It made the deal risky. Signing 30 year olds to high end UFA deals meant the window was maybe 2-3 years if you include the Kadri signing. Obviously the whole things blew up immediately, Treliving probably never gave a thought whether the players were even a fit. It was classic armchair GMing for him.