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Originally Posted by Bingo
There is a lot of hindsight in the Huberdeau conversation.
The Flames (Treliving) and most of the media felt the Flames had done a masterful job of avoiding a downturn with the Gaudreau and Tkachuk departures and were ready to compete for the division once again.
If they knew that wasn't the case, then you don't sign Huberdeau.
If you see it as a complete team ...
Elite goaltender
Deep defense core
Huberdeau replaces Gaudreau
Kadri makes the Flames tough to play against down the middle with Lindholm and Backlund.
Then you don't want to risk Huberdeau walking the next year (Weegar too).
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For sure, I was in the sign or trade camp myself. The team on paper looked good but happened to be a frankenteam that didn't click at all which was further hurt by a bad year from Markstrom.
It would have been a great trade if Huberdeau refused to sign and was flipped.