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Originally Posted by bluejays
Treliving definitely had pluses. But his legacy is always going to be the Gaudreau walk away, the subsequent Tkachuk deal, and the further long term signing Huberdeau. He was alright in building the team to that point but f, at the end he screwed the team over just to save face. Hated the Huberdeau signing the moment it happened as well as the Kadri fiasco. Hoping at some point the Kadri deal can right itself through a value deal once a year or two pass by and his contract becomes reasonable, but we're stuck with Huberdeau for eternity. And if you hear the "insiders" talk that's the contract that is holding up ownership from a full rebuild. I don't agree with ownerships logic if that's the situation but man, nothing was good from the start with what they were trying to do with signing vets to 8 year deals. Could've been much worse if they didn't get lucky from situations changing while those offers were out there.
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He signed Huberdeau long term because Huberdeau was coming off a huge season and had been very consistently a PPG guy. Like I said before, Treliving always had a rational basis, whether the decision turned out to be correct or not.
Just because you hated the Huberdeau signing doesn't mean it wasn't seen by a lot of people as a normal move. In fact, after the trade, a lot of people here were saying "it's ONLY a good trade if Huberdeau signs long term".
Also, Weegar.