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Originally Posted by Goriders
This is why I don’t think this setup is going to run the full course. Neither side is going to want to do this for 8 seasons. I think the Flames will eat some of his contract to move him out. Huberdeau won’t want to be a pariah for the better part of a decade.
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I really don't see how this is that beneficial for the Flames though. The amount they'd need to retain, just to watch Huberdeau go and become a 90 pt player again somewhere else, would be too high.
This is just a really bad set up for him and the team. There's no player in the league that will turn Coleman/and Backlund into 30 goal players so it's weird that we expect it of Huberdeau.
Kadri wasn't good until he got the right linemates, now he seems like a different player, so why is Huberdeau different? Why not try Zary or Yegor with Huberdeau for a few periods. Zary is playing well with Kadri, maybe it'll be even better with Huberdeau, or maybe it will be worse, but it's not really a big deal to give it a try. Sharangovich seems like he's finding his game despite his linemates so I don't see any harm in trying him with Huberdeau either.
It would be very nice to see if it's truly a linemate issue with Huberdeau.