Let me be clear, I’ll fault Brad for not at least seeing if Huberdeau was a good fit for this team before signing an almost-decade contract to a player we didn’t even know would/could fit in our system at the time. The minute Tkachuk was traded should have been the time a rebuild occurred.
But, we had a player who we believed would make the same impact as Johnny and signed him to the same deal, because well, his numbers showed (even before the 115 point season) that he is a winger that SHOULD earn this amount of money. After the contract is signed, it’s all on the player. I hope he succeeds but as of right now he’s struggling.
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