I think winning a cup with Huberdeau and the 10.5 million in cap room he takes is probably easier to accomplish than trying to win without Huberdeau, having 10.5 million in extra cap space, while also giving up the assets necessary to unload Huberdeau.
It wouldn't make sense right now to try and unload Huberdeau - too many years left, and realistically, the Flames aren't competing for the cup any time soon. When the Flames are closer to competing, then you revisit it - either he is still very unproductive relative to his salary, but has fewer years left (and thus cheaper to unload), or he has found his game and you actually want to keep him.
After tonight's performance, one could say that finding his game has some potential. Hopefully he can add another really good game - that's 2 in a row by my count. Add another, that's 3.. and you just hope that he just manages to build some confidence for himself, as I really do believe that a lack of confidence is what has been the biggest issue with him here. He just lost his 'mojo'. Only way to get it back is to keep adding a good game on top of another, and see what ends up happening.
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