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Originally Posted by Voodooman
Did Huberdeau have to waive any sort of movement clause for the trade to happen? My biggest issue with this whole deal was how BT basically met him at the airport in the brinks truck, and signed that horrible extension before Huby had ordered room service at the hotel.
You can't debate that the return for Chucky was great on paper, and I was cautiously optimistic about Huby, but I really didn't like offering that deal to a guy who hadn't played a single minute with your team.
So, was that deal already agreed to in order to get Huby to waive his no-move and come here, or was this just another case of the wizard screwing us with his 4D chess?
What was the harm in waiting a few months to see the fit, and then get into the extension?
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I get it from a PR perspective. The Flames just had a star player walk and another that indicated he was going to walk the following year. It's a terrible look for a franchise and that kind of negative impression takes years to correct. Having another high profile player you just acquired doing the same thing would have been a killer. The Flames and Murray Edwards were willing to pay a lot of money to stop the bleed by getting a high profile player to sign on long term.
Thing is, they never should should have put themselves in that position to begin with. Trying to "retool" when star players are turned over rarely works. They should have been more future focused.
It was just bad decision after bad decision all starting with walking Johnny to free agency.