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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I'm actually not sure he's untradable at this point - I think you just have to take a bad contract back with him.
I think if I'm a scout watching him play I see a guy that's way more well rounded than he was in Florida. More grit to his game in the dirty areas of the offensive zone, and better defensively.
I also look at the Flames team that generates nothing off of the rush, very poor on the PP, and wonder how much that is limiting his offensive upside.
If I can dump a contract that's bad and take a chance that I might be able to get a impact offensive forward if they fit better in my offensive system I might think about it as a GM.
Like I look at Carolina and if you could get rid of Kotkaniemi as part of the deal, and add Huberdeau...maybe that's not the worst. (or maybe even Ehlers or Svechnikov if their struggles continue in Carolina).
It effectively makes Huberdeau's $10.5M more like $6M since you're paying Kotkaniemi $4.8M to be a 4th line winger right now.
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Ehlers was always going to be a bad contract. He is a 60 point guy who would be a prime candidate to become worse once he was off the Jets number one PP. Almost 40% of his points last year came on the PP. 8.5 million for him was a stretch under any circumstances. Huberdeau likely finishes with more points than him this year, despite having inferior teammates