2024-25 Huberdeau - new and improved?

[Bingo]

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.

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.

[Strange Brew]

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.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Just wanted to quote this post for anyone who wants to fill it out......

[FlamesDraftPrognosticator]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Just wanted to quote this post for anyone who wants to fill it out......

More than half of CP should be filling it out.

[jg13]

I really like Jonathan Huberdeau

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Just wanted to quote this post for anyone who wants to fill it out......

I don't need this one, but I do need one for Nazem Kadri.

[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.

[blankall]

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.

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.

[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.

[jayswin]

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.

There was no Flames fan more vitriolic and down on Huberdeau than you, lol. it was hilarious.

[CroCop]

He’s turned it around

[Flamesfan05]

If Huberdeau continues to perform and the team makes the playoffs, he is somewhat redeeming himself and comes off the worst contract list