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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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.
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Yeah, and quite a few people were of the belief that it was a good trade but to sign Huberdeau long term was going to be a mistake. I think most in that boat thought it would be 4 or so good years and not 0. But a few did think the best thing to do would be to flip Huberdeau rather than sign and aging guy to a long term deal. Weager was seen as worthwhile given the age and position, and that turned out to be alright. Again though, Huberdeau's demise couldn't be predicted by a single person in how spectacularly he did fall, but to say it wasn't predictable over the course of the long term would not be correct (not you, but in general). Treliving felt the need to save face and could not have his star trade, walk.