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Originally Posted by dammage79
Revisiting the trade doesn't help. Especially calling it a bad trade. Because from what we've been led to believe is that the FLA deal was the best deal for CGY. And revisionist history aside, it was. What effed it up was the immediate contract offer to Huberdeau. THAT is what messed it up
Huberdeau at 8 or 7 million ? Palpable and movable.
Let him ride out his FA year and see where it went? Tree didn't leave Conny a choice.
The trade itself was pretty great. What followed was the disaster . Too much money, toouch pressure, too much square pegging into a round hole. That's the mess.
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There was just zero chance they were going to enter the season with Huberdeau unsigned. If he had another 100 point season and then walked it would have been a real bad look.
The Carolina trade was the way to go in hindsight.