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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I don't think there's any chance for trading Huberdeau, even if he does bounce back to being a PPG guy.
Jeff Skinner is the comparison I'd use. He got his payday for a one-off 40-goal season, collapsed, and then bounced back and even surpassed the point productuion of that 40-goal season and there was still no biters on him.
Huberdeau is a $10.5M anchor attached to heel of this organization. The best they can hope for is that into the later parts of the career, he's still able to produce his 50'ish points.
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Agreed on this. Which is also why I was surprised there were even rumored talks.
They way I see it, he currently has 7 years left in his deal. The next 3 years of it, we won't need the cap space for sure. Therefore, this only starts becoming an eyesore when there is 4 years left in his deal, his 34 yr old season. The cap should be over 95MM by then. When the cap is over 100MM when Huberdeau is going into his 36 year old season (2 years left in his deal), we should be able to find a taker for him. Eating some of that contract for the final 2 years (say 3MM), there will be a taker as we will be in buying mode and will need to match salaries we take on.
All speculation - but I think we are ok with his deal and how it may play out with the rising cap and our rebuild timeline.