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

[timbit]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Just a quick reminder, Gaudreau is only 3 months younger.



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A lot of posters LOVE to ignore that FACT!

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by memphusk

Maybe, but losing a 24 year old #### disturber that can play for a guybthat can play but is heading into his twilight doesn't seem like much of a win too me. Like I said, first few years will be fine but if they don't win in these first few years its going to be bad. I'm a die hard fan and I love this team, I just don't much care for this decision.

Huberdeau > Tkachuk.

[handgroen]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Probably would have preferred to trade him. Doesn't kick in until he's 30, it is unlikely he is worth that AAV more than a couple years into the contract.

But this is the path the Flames chose and they will fight the dying of the light.

There’s no purpose hedging against your enthusiasm, no one will give you credit if you’re proven right. Just yay already.

[DionTheDman]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Just a quick reminder, Gaudreau is only 3 months younger.

Not entirely apples to apples though. Since Johnny was UFA this year and Huberdeau UFA next year, we effectively signed a player who is one year older for the same or similar term and dollars.

[Jacks]

Last few years might be ugly but who cares, nice signing.

[timbit]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Huberdeau > Tkachuk.

OR Gaudreau!

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Jbo

Water under the bridge at this point but I do wonder if Johnny looks at this contract and wonder how the hell he ended up in Ohio for less money

Man, it will hang over his head for the rest of his career now.

Guy who basically replicated your contract year on another team is now getting the exact contract you were offered with your old team.

If the Flames see success in that time it will be salt in the wound. I don't see the Jackets doing much any time soon.

[Jiggy_12]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Just a quick reminder, Gaudreau is only 3 months younger.



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People love to act like Gaudreau is the same age as McDavid and Huberdeau is Chris Chelios

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by USflamesfan

Is there a press conference?

I am sure there will be when Huberdeau arrives in Calgary.

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[mile]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Tree must have his plan all ready to go if he sold it to Hubey and got him inked less than 48 hours later .

I'm kind of excited to see what else Gandalf the White has going on now.

This.

We're not done yet.


With Huberdeau and Weegar only combining for a $9M cap hit this season I hope we take advantage and add a really good centre

[JTech780]

The back end is most likely going to be rough, but they needed to get him signed. There was already too much being made about star players not wanting to sign here, if Huberdeau didn’t get signed and we had to trade him, there would be even more questions about the organization and the city.

Don’t love the signing bonuses, but that’s what it takes to sign star players.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

He knows exactly how he ended up in Ohio for less money as he and his wife orchestrated it. He turned down the exact same money from the Flames. He only has himself to blame for taking less money.

You won't convince me otherwise that if he was in a different stage of life, he would have resigned here...even saying that, he tried a last minute hail Mary on his own, but he wasn't going to win an argument with a pregnant, 1 year wife and her family.

[USflamesfan]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Man, it will hang over his head for the rest of his career now.

Guy who basically replicated your contract year on another team is now getting the exact contract you were offered with your old team.

If the Flames see success in that time it will be salt in the wound. I don't see the Jackets doing much any time soon.

I think Johnny Gaudreau is a little whipped and listened to his wife. He will regret it in a couple of years..

[Vinny01]

Realistically it was unlikely that he would have signed for anything less than the Gaudreau offer that was public knowledge. I think this will age no worse than Gaudreau so I really like this deal. The last 4 years he is well over a point per game.

Big win after a couple of tough losses. Hard not to call the Tkachuk trade an absolute win as of right now

[JurassicTunga12]

Why do people automatically think it's gonna suck in the last few years of the contract? The cap is going up the next few years, 10.5 won't seem as much, and Huberdeau is a high IQ, elite passer in the league. The kind of player that ages well.

[Philly06Cup]

Too much.



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

[dino7c]

Gaudreau obviously ####ed up...he thought he was going elsewhere. His camp called up CBJ when things went off the rails it wasn't some master plan.

[jg13]

So this contract in terms of AAV is 50% higher than any contract given to any Flame ever. Crazy.

[Jiggy_12]

The pessimists of the Flames in a nutshell.

Before the trade:
“We will get nothing for Tkachuk, prepare to be disappointed”

After the trade:
“Yeah but they are both UFA, we lose this trade unless we sign 1 of them”

After the signing:
“Yeah but not like that”

[Captain Otto]

Originally Posted by DionTheDman

Not entirely apples to apples though. Since Johnny was UFA this year and Huberdeau UFA next year, we effectively signed a player who is one year older for the same or similar term and dollars.

My point was more so about getting old or being too old to be effective.

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