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24 Jul 2022 19:17:51
Just putting this out there
Monahan centers Huberdeau and gets back to his 30 goal point per game season and this Calgary wins trade
Tkachuk and gaudreau are replaced by Monahan and Huberdeau while upgrading defence and future
Brad you are a jr shark much like your daddy sr shark. Crunch crunch
I’m not a flames fan but oiler fans remember Huberdeau averaged 4 points a game vs Campbell.. lmfao
Enjoy
23 Jul 2022 16:19:17
Florida why??
Huberdeau is as good if not better than Johnny hockey.
Huberdeau was willing and did play lower in lineup to make Florida a 4 line team when there offence wasn’t sputtering. Due to this verhaeghe playing on average 5 minutes a game with Huberdeau had a career breakout year. With Bennett he was ok but Huberdeau really got verhaeghe to a while mother level.
With barkov 2/3rd of the game he helped him get 39 goals in 67 games. When barkov was hurt flirida never missed a beat because Huberdeau put Florida’s offence and PP on his back like Johnny hockey did for Calgary.
Tkachuk won’t play anything less than top 6 minutes and 1st PP. he actually bitched when it happened. Tkachuk doesn’t make players he feeds very well off players. When put with a superstar he shows he can up his game but with ok players he plays to there level. Barkov and tkachuk may be a deadly combo but will tkachuk get barkov to 40 and will tkachuk get to 40 since barkov isn’t in the same stratosphere as Huberdeau or Johnny hockey when talkin playmaking.
If tkachuk gets split from barkov can reinhart get tkachuk the puck. Eichel says no so how would tkachuk say any differant. Can tkachuk play with Bennett. Come on Calgary fans you know the truth. These 2 hated one another.
I guess the saving grace for Florida is tkachuk has his US under 17 and 18 program center back in Colin white. Maybe the best under the radar signing of the off season. Was white the deciding factor in tkachuk going to Florida. These American are basketball like and live playing with their friends and white is a friend of the family. When Calgary was in playoffs you saw mommy and daddy tkachuk. You saw Brady with either his or Matt’s girlfriend and I ask you who was that nice dressed fella beside the girl. Oh wait it was Colin White…
If white and tkachuk find magic together and Bennett and tkachuk don’t implode during practice then this might work out, if those variables don’t come true then Huberdeau will be a huge loss
Oh wait Calgary got weegar as well. A hard nosed hard working right handed dman who plays either side of D. He creates better when on left side but plays defence better from the right. He was ekblads left side D partner when ekblad was healthy, he let ekblad do whatever as ekblad knew weegar had his back. Away from ekblad he played the right side with Gudas and this is where weegar showed he had offence to his game. The 2 while only getting 15 or so games together became the bash brothers. He also
was the 2nd PP unit quarterback and the main penelty killing dman. He also played 4th line wing when team was down wingers and in a pinch. Losing weegar may be even a bigger hit to Florida than Huberdeau. Florida’s D looks weaker after this trade and there offence on paper looks unchanged but on the ice you’ll all see Huberdeau is the glue that held floridas offence together.
Throw in hard working Joel Otto/jim peplinski type of player in Colin scheindt. A product of Kitchener minor hockey from bresleau. I got a up close
look at this kid as a kid and boy what a steal calgary got here. He was not the biggest or fastest or even close to the most skilled but yesr after yesr he kept improving while never losing his work ethic. 3 years with Mississauga in OHL and each year improving. Last year in AHL got 40 points while playing great 2 way hard nosed hockey. This kid will become a fan favourite once he cracks the flames roster. He will be a 3rd line energy shutdown winger who is calgarys brand of hockey through and through
Oh wait there’s more. Calgary got a 2025 1st rounder and although it is top 10 protected it could be a 2026 unprotected 1st rounder. With tkachuk barkov verhaeghe and ekblad still signed up to it past this timeline I’m sure it will be a 2025 low 20s type pick. Hey that’s not bad
Overall calgary replaced Johnny hockey while upgrading their D with a top 4 dman who plays either side and is right handed and improve their future With a projected 3rd line grinder with leadership and a 1st rounder. If a guy like Pelletier can take his point a game AHL year in his first go around and turn it into a 40 point nhl rookie season or better yet breaks out to compete for rookie of the year along with Zary the 2 could make fans forget tkachuks name. Add in Calgary utilizing Huberdeau like Florida did and dube may just have a verhaeghe type breakout season and now tkachuks offence has been replaced.
As for Florida they knew what they had in Huberdeau and weegar. Tkachuk is unknown. Will tkachuk be the get a huge contract motivated 2021-22 version or will he go back to the Whiney 2020-21 locked into yesr 2 of 3 of contract motivated version. He got his money now what?!
Huberdeau is what you see. He signed a bridge deal after 2 full years then instead of banking on himself he signed a 6 year team friendly deal a year before his bridge deal was up, he could of waited since he just had a breakout season but wanted to be focused on the game not what he can make. A a freak lower body injury against jersey and 51 games later he made his comeback. He did well considering as he basically played on adrenaline. The next year he had an up and down season trying to live up to his new deal. Then 2018-19 and beyond he hadn’t looked back playing up to and acceding that contract playing like a 10 plus million player ever since not his 5.9
Calgary gains 9.1 in cap for 2 big time players while tkachuk is 9.5.
We won’t know who wins this deal long term as Huberdeau and weegar could leave after 1 year and tkachuk is locked in for 8. But short term I take Calgary this year and would bet everything in it
Calgary well played