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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It’s too complex to point at one contract as being the sole reason for anything. That much of your cap in one very unproductive player though makes it much harder and reduces your flexibility in doing other things.
I don’t know if anyone said it was impossible. But what GioforPM started with was “that it wasn’t a concern” and wasn’t hurting the team. Which IMO kicked off this debate.
The team would be better off not being in this situation. That has consistently been my point.
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What Gio said is that Huberdeau’s contract is not a concern for the next 4 years or so. And I agree with that.
Sure if you want to boil it down to a ‘good or bad’ argument, then, sure, it’s a concern. Water is wet. Spending 10.5 on a player that is no where near the level of production that value should represent is inarguably bad. But I don’t think it will prevent the Flames from doing the things we’ve been discussing. If anything, ironically, that contract pushed them into the rebuild many, many poster have been clamouring for, for years. Even before Gaudreau and Tkachuck left and now it’s staring them in the face, the Flames are still doing it wrong.