Speculation: Jonathan Huberdeau is open to waiving his NMC to go to a contender

[Mosby]

That's gotta be the worst contract in the league, right?

 

[Sideline]

If Calgary ate 50% of his salary and attached a 1st round pick and a prospect you might get a bit of interest from someone like Pittsburgh. They did the soft rebuild type deals taking back Glass and Kevin Hayes. That's about as close to a "contender" as I can see Huberdeau getting.

That's not to suggest Calgary should do that deal, but that's where I see the value.

 

[Garbageyuk]

Maximum 50% retention puts him on a 7x$5.25M contract? I doubt there is any team in the NHL which takes even that for free?

Lol, you’re getting too crazy now. A top line forward for $5.25M? Every team in the league takes that and runs.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Uh some teams would. 5M isnt much these days.

For 7 years? He's 31 and not exactly trending in the right direction. I am doubtful.

 

[mr figgles]

He isn’t as bad as his stats suggest… but that contract is f***ing terrible. You can’t possibly expect anyone to retain so much for so long. Lots of teams would take him at only 25% retained… but not for that long, and no one else wants to carry the rest for that long.

 

[Esq]

No contender can absorb that contract without giving spare parts back. It would be a Hunerdeau for junk trade

He's probably still a PPG player on a decent team. A younger team looking to contend in the near future (Buffalo?) with space would probably offer more than junk.

 

[Breakers]

I choose not date supermodels

That is the level of delusion with this guy.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Lol, you’re getting too crazy now. A top line forward for $5.25M? Every team in the league takes that and runs.

Mind you, there are only 8 teams with that much Cap space, well 7 discounting Boston, one of them is already Calgary, none of the rest are contenders. I don't think any team takes him at 7x$5.25M... certainly not a team he's waiving the NMC for. And Calgary isn't taking the 50% retention for free either. So it's kind of a moot point. He is completely un-movable.

 

[Three On Zero]

He's probably still a PPG player on a decent team. A younger team looking to contend in the near future (Buffalo?) with space would probably offer more than junk.

I didn’t realize Buffalo still had 7 million in cap space

 

[TheNewEra]

im trying to find contracts that remotely as bad

chandler stephenson
darnell nurse

is that it...i think that might be it

 

[Bruce Granville]

I guess he would prefer a no retention trade to a no tax state…

 

[Rabid Ranger]

He needs better weather for the Lambo.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I'm sure contenders are lining up to add a 50 point winger for $10M.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Lol is he also open to waiving about 35% of his cap hit? Cause at the money he is making nobody is going to be interested. And I can't imagine Calgary being interested in paying him like $3.5M a year to play on a different team.

 

[TD Charlie]

Maximum 50% retention puts him on a 7x$5.25M contract? I doubt there is any team in the NHL which takes even that for free?

Probably need a third wheel for retention. He’s not a bad player but god only knows which direction his game is about to go from here

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

Don't sign the crazy contract if you want to be valuable enough for people to trade for you. And maybe don't sign it if you have qualms about moving from Florida to Canada, like he obviously did.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I didn’t realize Buffalo still had 7 million in cap space

Makes that Skinner buyout a mind-numbing move.

Just eat that money for another year and get out from him quicker.

 

[Phrasing]

Even if the cap is retained sufficiently, there’s a bit too much term remaining. With the prior season he just had and at his age, way too much uncertainty and risk.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Came to laugh.

Looks like I'm not the first.

And not the last LOL.

Classic Treliving contract signing.

 

[Stephen]

Unless he becomes a PPG+ player again I think Huberdeau’s only shot at going to a contender is a material breach and a termination of contract and freedom. So throw away millions and millions to revive a career elsewhere at the expense of a massive contract. Or keep making that money but stuck in purgatory for the functional remainder of your career.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Thats nice but who would want him lol

 

[MXD]

I'm also ready to divorce if Scarlet Johansson would marry me and take care of whatever financial obligation stemming from my divorce, I guess.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

This meme is appropriate.....

 

[Face Of Bear]

Leafs should fire Treliving for the dumpster fire he left Calgary with

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I'd be interested at a price because he can still play but that price Is not 10.5 million