[Signing] Flames sign Huberdeau to long term extension (8 yrs, $10.5 mil AAV)

[Canada 02]

To the worriers and chicken littles, enjoy it for the next 6 years. You will likel be dead of a stress related illness long before this contract is a problem

[mile]

Originally Posted by FlamesAreOne

https://twitter.com/AmanKurji/status...98841595097094

Masterpiece

[Moneyhands23]

Only bad thing about this is not getting to hear Boomer talk about it in the morning.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Poison

What kind of voodoo horse tranquilizer pixie dust was sprinkled into the lobster to get this done?

An eight year $10.5M deal? He'll be 38 when this deal runs out and will have $84M in earnings from this contract behind him. That will career earning of almost $120M. Didn't require much except to throw that offer on the table.

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Why even bother watching or following the team then? Are you also this miserable when you're not watching hockey?

Most likely.

[Flamesfan05]

Must do deal

Don’t know if it’s good or bad long term but have to do it

[memphusk]

This isn't even misery. I just don't like the deal and feel.it will hinder the team. Go Flames Go though.

[Jason14h]

Superstar to me means top 10 player in the NHL and hall of Fame caliber

Nothing wrong with being a star and extremely excited for him to have signed

But In a perfect world he’s your #2 best player . Either a #1 D, or Center as your superstar

Or an all world goalie who steals multiple playoff game / series

Florida had Barkov and still felt they should upgrade to MT and include 3 other pieces

[Poison]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

An eight year $10.5M deal? He'll be 38 when this deal runs out and will have $84M in earnings from this contract behind him. That will career earning of almost $120M. Didn't require much except to throw that offer on the table.

I meant more along the lines of JH hadnt even set foot in the city as his new home. As the first sentence of my post indicated....
Also on the open market next year he would have gotten just as much, if not even more depending how this season went.
Thanks for the input Lanny.

[mile]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1555401506358042624

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Philly06Cup

Too much.



Huberdeau is more like a Rantanen/B Point level superstar, and people are acting like we signed a MacKinnon/Makar/Kucherov.

Dude.

He's 2nd in scoring last year, and top 10 over the last several years. I think it's safe to say he's an A level players.

Jesus.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

This aged well...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1551621715817631744

Hanifin and Dube for Dubois with an extension.....

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I’d be worried about this contract. Didn’t really have a choice though.

Originally Posted by Textcritic

You're a pathetic Oilers fan. You should be worried about this contract.

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I think he's too busy worrying about Nurse's contract.

[timbit]

Originally Posted by memphusk

I really hope to eat crow on this. Like I really do, but it just doesn't look good.

No...you really don’t . But, yes you will.

[browna]

And, when the contract may start to get iffy 5 or 6 years down the road Montreal will overpay to acquire him if they really want him and or the French press requires the GM to have the team become more francophone.

Solid work by Treliving, clearly well respected by other GMs and agents, if not before, certianly after this chain of events on offseason. And ownership for stepping up to put $ where the mouth is.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Superstar to me means top 10 player in the NHL and hall of Fame caliber

Nothing wrong with being a star and extremely excited for him to have signed

But In a perfect world he’s your #2 best player . Either a #1 D, or Center as your superstar

Or an all world goalie who steals multiple playoff game / series

Florida had Barkov and still felt they should upgrade to MT and include 3 other pieces

Florida isn’t necessarily all that smart.

I agree it’s better to have a stud C than a stud LW. But Chicago won cups with Kane as the best player. Kucherov is arguably TB’s best player (yes with a stud goalie). Calgary went to a final with Iggy as the best player (albeit with Kipper). Speaking of which, I still have faith in Markstrom.

[bigrangy]

I haven’t seen if full details were released, but i really hope they were smart enough to front load the #### out of the deal. Make him as cheap to offload as possible in the last couple years.

[HighLifeMan]

Everyone acts like 34-37 year old players can’t remain insanely productive. This upcoming season will be Ovechkin’s 37 year old season. Patrick Kane will be playing his 34 year old season. Martin St. Louis was well over a point a game at 37. Evgeni Malkin just signed a four year deal at 36, and Letang at 35. The list is endless. I bet this deal ages far better than most of you are expecting. This is a player who relies on his incredible IQ, elite passing, and strong passion for the game.

[Erick Estrada]

Any Oilers fan worried about this contract needs to take a look at the 8 x $9.25 they are paying for a 2nd pairing defenseman.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

In the last three seasons it’s just the two dummies up North.

He’s maybe not the best all around player…but he’s an offensive superstar that makes player around him better

He’d probably pair well with a defensively responsible center with 40 goal hands - if we had one that would be great