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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Huberdeau took the money. He signed the untradeable contract. Nobody wants any part of it at any price. I’m sure it’s not pleasant for him right now, but do something and the city will love him. They want to love him.
He’s being paid $114M Canadian to fight through situations like this and emerge on the other side a star hockey player.
The Flames can’t write him off having done absolutely nothing as an organization to help him.
Not one player brought in because he may be a good fit with the highest paid player in franchise history.
Literally everybody they acquired up front during the Iggy years was to help #12.
They threw Huberdeau onto the wrong side of a team built around two guys who play nothing like him.
They did nothing to modify their system around what he does well. It’s not clear they even bothered to find out what he does well.
Someone on the staff needs to go back and watch every shift Huberdeau ever took as a Panther and figure out what ingredients he needs to cook.
They bought a Lamborghini, and have subsequently put no effort into learning how it works or how to drive it.
Can’t turn around and blame the car for being unreliable.
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The Flames brought in a centre for Iggy, firstly Conroy, secondly that guy from Finland who's name I want to forget. Neither was a first line centre, but Iggy produced anyway.
Tkachuk played in both systems and thrived.
Query why the Huberdeau Syndrome doesn't happen to anyone else?
Not done anything? They had him initially playing with Lindholm, then Kadri, two pretty skilled centreman.
They thought they were buying a Lamborghini, but got saddled with a lemon, and I believe the warranty just expired.