The Huberdeau redemption arc has been fulfilling to see. He always seemed like a great guy and easy to root for. Was hard to see the life sucked out of him after his play didn’t come close to matching the contract. But he always stayed positive and never deflected anything away.
His contract is still high but he’s become a valuable core member of this team. Probably top 5 in most valuable players this year to the team (Wolf, Kadri, Bahl, Huberdeau, Weegar).
His contract won’t look as bad in a couple of years when it’s a shorter term left and a lower relative value to the cap. If he keeps playing like this, he’ll keep playing in to the AAV more and more.
Not a boat anchor anymore and it’s been really fun to watch the transformation.
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