Nobody at this point is going to give up futures for Dube. It is dollars in, dollars out, and a pick gets included to the team who gets the obvious worse player, or takes on the higher dollars.
a) Negotiate a show-me deal with Dube. He does bring some value to this organization with his leadership (especially with younger players), hits hard, skates exceptionally well, and being the fittest Flame helps other players to become better too (especially young ones who may not know what it takes to be a pro yet - if this team is wanting to get younger, there is some value here). He has also had an upward trajectory every single season up until this one, with this one being downright awful.
b) Don't qualify him and let him walk as a UFA this off-season.
There has been a lot of change in Calgary lately, and he won't be the first one to have a 'hiccup' season while adjusting to a new coach/system. Huberdeau, Mangiapane, Lindholm and Sharangovich were all showing various levels of uselessness (and even outright hurting the team). Now every player has rebounded. I don't think anyone on this site can definitively say that Dube's career is over, or that he can't rebound here. Sometimes things just snowball, and maybe he just needs a couple of lucky bounces to start snowballing the other way?
I would rather keep him than trade him for Duclair. 7 teams for Duclair now, and Duclair has a higher cap hit. You can walk away from both this off-season, but I would say that Dube's one 'blip' thus far probably makes him more likely to rebound vs another player who has had many blips on many teams, and still no team thinks enough of him to keep him.
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