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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
If any of our pro scouts at the time of the Tkachuk trade told GMBT that Huby was 'the guy' and worthy of such a contract, then I hope that scout is no longer employed here.
Was the bad idea just GMBT's?
I hope someone spills the beans some day. Any insiders have a line on this? It's water under the bridge so maybe lips will be looser.
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He had 115 points tied for second in league scoring above Drai, Kaprisov, Mathews, Marner ect. and had multiple over PPG seasons. This wasn't a pro scout find. BT gave him the deal based on his stats...had he been a UFA he would have been in that range anyway. At that time he was a 9M+ player all day long and add the Calgary/not getting to UFA tax.
Montreal fans were talking about him the way Leaf fans talk about McDavid now. "Huberdeau is coming home, no need to trade for him" The biggest point drop in NHL history is not something you can just predict.