Yup. Get Huberdeau and Weegar signed to extensions and then we can talk about Treliving redeeming himself. The Flames just got two more players that can walk next summer, so that needs to be addressed in short order.
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Great value deal but he needs to extend Huberdeau. If we lose Huberdeau for nothing this is a pointless trade. The top 6 also looks pretty average but rather than making a bad signing this year like Kadri it might be smart to wait until next year when Monahan and Lucic are off the books. If you extend Huberdeau you could hopefully use that cap space to boost your top 6.
I am not a BT fan and think the team should have moved on years ago . I think (thought) he backed himself into a corner he couldn’t recover from
But this is one of the greatest trades in pro sports I can remember where a team is trading a player who asks to be out
If someone proposed this over beers I would have openly mocked them
The greatest has to be the return for Lindros, but this is really good. Honestly, in looking over teams I was looking at Duclair as the piece from Fla. LOLOL.
Great trade Treliving. He deserves a lot of credit. Some of the risk aside, I don't think anyone expected this level of return. Turned lemons into lemonade for sure.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
Tip of the hat to Tre! I hope he has a big glass of whatever he likes and gets to relax for a few days. This has been an off-season roller coaster like no other I can recall.
As a card carrying member of the fire Tre club, I'm glad to say that this looks like a good/potentially great trade. I'm encouraged that the Goudreau situation resulted in some quick lessons being learned. Its still ridiculous that the lessons on not squandering assets wasn't learned on Giordano (Or numerous previous assets) but that's spilled milk at this point.
I'm also a fan of a rebuild rather than a re-tool but this trade leaves the door open for both. I 100% hope that TRE will have certainty on Hub and Weeger's appetite to re-up very quickly. If they're not into it or non-committal, you instantly shop them. I assume both would garner excellent returns between now and the deadline. Guessing at a minimum, you'd be able to get 2 first rounders and good prospects or additional 2/3 round picks for the two. Quite a good start for a rebuild with the FLA 25 1st rounder and Schwind.
If they re-up long term you're going the re-tool route and bought yourself cap room for 22/23 and freed up other options coming or going. 23/24 looks a lot better cap wise than the predicament 22/23 was shaping up as.
It also gives you flexibility to trade a D for offence at some point if the opportunity is there. I think offence will be a weak point for the Flames this season so, it may need bolstering.
In Summary. A good night for Tre but, I still think he should have been fired for losing Johnny G for nothing.
