Deciding to give it a go with Huberdeau isn't all that surprising, as mentioned nobody expected him to drop off that much. It was a big gamble though considering we lost 2 stars and were replacing them with 1 and some depth.
The problem is that contract, you'd think they might have learned something from riding out the Lucic deal. If Huberdeau would only sign a toxic contract for the absolute top dollar with near maximum signing bonuses and a full NMC then that's the time to flip him for a big package of assets. He would have brought back a haul coming off a 115pt season at <6M in cap hit plus we wouldn't have had to throw away a 1st round pick to clear cap for Kadri. If the only option is to give out the worst contract in the league to a player before he plays a game with the team then it's time to walk away. As usual people want to blame everything on Edwards and give Treliving a pass but they both have blame for this fiasco.
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