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Joe said:Why would Florida do this?
Joe said:Am I wrong in thinking that this is an insanely lopsided trade in Calgary?s favour?
Why would Florida do this?
Joe said:Am I wrong in thinking that this is an insanely lopsided trade in Calgary?s favour?
Why would Florida do this?
Nik said:This only looks good for Calgary if you re-sign Huberdeau/Weegar and that costs...what? 15 million a season? More?
Nik said:Joe said:Am I wrong in thinking that this is an insanely lopsided trade in Calgary?s favour?
Why would Florida do this?
Maybe I'm crazy but I kind of see it the opposite way. In exchange for a 25 year old coming off a great season that they signed to a pretty reasonable 8 year extension, Florida gave up two pending UFA's who are both due substantial raises(Huberdeau's next deal, in particular, might be 10+ million a year starting in his age 30 season), a mid tier prospect and a pick that figures to be pretty low in the 1st round.
This only looks good for Calgary if you re-sign Huberdeau/Weegar and that costs...what? 15 million a season? More?
Contrast that with Florida where they get Tkachuk, who may already be better than Huberdeau, and have 5.5 million to replace Weegar who they reportedly wanted to move anyway.
CarltonTheBear said:Or if they flip them at the deadline. Could easily get three 1st round picks between the two of them I'd imagine. That brings the total to four. Not a bad haul for a guy that wanted out. Although it feels somewhat unlikely that Calgary will be that far out of playoff contention for that to be a possibility.
Nik said:That's true. It's betting a lot on Huberdeau not having a bad year or being hurt but Calgary could definitely come out of this with 4 firsts.
The problem there, though, is that if you flip guys at the deadline then almost by default you're getting picks lower in the round. Contrast that with what Chicago got for DeBrincat(who I don't think is as good as Tkachuk) with the #7 pick and the #39 pick and it's definitely a good return for Calgary but it's not blowing my hair back either. If you could have gotten one good young player like Kyrou back definitely with a first....I maybe lean that way.
CarltonTheBear said:Joe said:Why would Florida do this?
Some GMs do crazy things when they get swept in the playoffs.
Peter D. said:I'd take Huberdeau alone over Tkachuk. And they get all those extra goodies in the loot bag. Absolutely love it for Calgary. Wow.
Double wow because these types of hockey moves are hardly ever seen these days.
Nik said:CarltonTheBear said:Some GMs do crazy things when they get swept in the playoffs.
You also wonder how much of it had to do with getting swept by Tampa Bay specifically. With their problems financially, to put together the team they did and then get absolutely blown out of the water by their rivals seems like the kind of thing that would prompt this kind of over-reaction where bringing back the same team just wouldn't be seen as an option. Between this and going with Maurice over Brunette, it sure seems like that playoff loss flipped some sort of switch.