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Originally Posted by Hackey
Huberdeau is the 10th highest paid player in the league. If his production matched, that would give us a player like Petterson, Rantanen, Matthews. The Flames would likely be in a playoff spot and they wouldn't even be trying to rebuild. So the only reason you could even make the argument that his contract might not matter is because he's ridiculously underachieved.
How is trading Zadorovs 3.75M for cap space spun as such a good move yet Huberdeaus 10.5 that doesn't matter?
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EDIT: you are mixing up the fact that Huberdeau isn’t performing to his salary (undoubtedly true) with the argument that his cap hit is “hurting” the team right now. I’m distinguishing between his lack of performance which is hurting the team, no matter how much he’s paid, and his cap hit, which is having a negligible effect right now.
As for Zadorov, trading an expiring contract without retention so you can retain on others is different than what’s being hypothesized- that somehow without Huberdeau Calgary would be buying up bad contracts for a bunch of picks and prospects.