03-22-2025, 11:18 AM
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
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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If you rank forwards in points and cap hit he's only $2M overpaid.
And as you mentioned, that could change with more cap space.
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03-22-2025, 11:44 AM
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#322
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Franchise Player
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Huberdeau has been a big reason for the club being in the playoff race and he deserves full credit. Is what he doing sustainable?
Doesn’t seem likely. He is on pace for about 31 assists, which is significantly lower than his previous bad seasons. But he has shown an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time on the offensive end and is sporting a ridiculously high shooting percentage of 20%.
I’ll enjoy this while it’s happening but not really counting on it repeating.
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03-22-2025, 05:47 PM
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#323
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
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Just wanted to quote this post for anyone who wants to fill it out......
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Just trying to do my best
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03-22-2025, 05:49 PM
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#324
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Sep 2023
Exp: 
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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
Just wanted to quote this post for anyone who wants to fill it out......
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More than half of CP should be filling it out.
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03-22-2025, 05:51 PM
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#325
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Calgary
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I really like Jonathan Huberdeau
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03-22-2025, 06:01 PM
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#326
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
Just wanted to quote this post for anyone who wants to fill it out......
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I don't need this one, but I do need one for Nazem Kadri.
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03-22-2025, 08:53 PM
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#327
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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He's tied for 59th in the NHL with the likes of Hintz, Hischier and Miller.
That's definitely not worst contract territory, as much as OOT fans love to tout that narrative.
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03-23-2025, 12:28 AM
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#328
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
He's tied for 59th in the NHL with the likes of Hintz, Hischier and Miller.
That's definitely not worst contract territory, as much as OOT fans love to tout that narrative.
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He's clearly worked himself out of that conversation. He's now a typical overpaid Ufa signing type of contract. That status will be cemented this off season, when it becomes clear that every first one player gets $10 million per year. $10 million is the new $7 million.
If Huberdeau finds a way to 70 points, his contact will be considered fair market value.
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03-23-2025, 01:22 AM
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#329
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Hopefully we are seeing the reverse of the downward spiral and the confidence keeps building. He just seems to be getting more confident and has a positive aura about him now. You see it on the ice and in interviews.
I was really hard on him and it was really depressing to see how down he was about himself. It's a good feeling now to see him presenting a happy appearance these days.
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03-23-2025, 02:26 AM
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#330
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Hopefully we are seeing the reverse of the downward spiral and the confidence keeps building. He just seems to be getting more confident and has a positive aura about him now. You see it on the ice and in interviews.
I was really hard on him and it was really depressing to see how down he was about himself. It's a good feeling now to see him presenting a happy appearance these days.
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There was no Flames fan more vitriolic and down on Huberdeau than you, lol. it was hilarious.
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03-23-2025, 03:52 AM
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Scoring Winger
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He’s turned it around
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03-23-2025, 07:48 AM
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#332
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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If Huberdeau continues to perform and the team makes the playoffs, he is somewhat redeeming himself and comes off the worst contract list
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11-06-2025, 01:34 AM
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#333
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Feb 2025
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6 points last 5 games, 10gp 8 pts
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11-06-2025, 02:26 AM
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#334
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Franchise Player
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Huby is awesome. I really like how he reinvented himself. Couldn’t have been easy.
You have to respect him for that.
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11-06-2025, 03:26 AM
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#335
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Last edited by AFireInside; 11-06-2025 at 03:33 AM.
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11-06-2025, 05:47 AM
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#336
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Scoring Winger
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Huby’s looking good !!
Last edited by stamps; 11-06-2025 at 06:02 AM.
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11-06-2025, 07:30 AM
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#337
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Even in the first few seasons when he struggled, he never pouted and just kept working and I think he's adjusted his game and turned into more of a leader. The contract is what it is, but he's starting to show his worth as it seems the team started to play better once he returned from injury as he's hit the scoresheet in six straight games and that's a big deal for the lowest scoring team in the league.
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