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Originally Posted by ComixZone
You remember how everyone thought "Oh the Flames can't rebuild, not with these players - not with these contracts"... Well, the current state of the team is perfect. Huberdeau is committed here. It's not working out right now, but look at the team around him - they're no good either.
We don't need to do anything with Huberdeau right now. I think we should collectively be just fine with what he's currently doing. Him fitting in with the rest of the mediocre/poor roster is helping this team build a new foundation. It's literally the best case scenario for the team right now. In the future, who knows what happens. Maybe the Flames draft Cayden Lindstrom and he clicks with Huberdeau - that could be a hell of a thing. I think we can safely say Huberdeau is not a play diriving top line player, and that mistake was made by our pro scouts and ex-GM over a year ago, we just need to accept it for what it is right now.
If Huberdeau was playing at a PPG pace right now, so what? That'd be bad for the Flames. That'd probably be an extra handful of points in the standings and they'd be plunking along as a wild card team just waiting to get destroyed in round 1, all while probably holding onto our UFAs as "internal rentals", yuck.
What's happening right now is the medicine this team needs. It's not a problem. |
Agree. Right now he's a Matt Stajan overpaid. In three years, he can be a 2/3 winger at 60pts. He'll still be overpaid, but at least he'll be in a position to help us win.
The real issue for the team is acquiring 3-4 assets to fill out our top line of the future.