Value of: Would Any Team Take Huberdeau @ 5.25M Per Season?

[Izzy Goodenough]

Calgary is facing paying the full freight of Huberdeau's Franchise-crushing Mega contract for years to come.

Would any team take Huberdeau's contract @ 50% retained or would the Flames still have to add a sweetener?

What would it take to move him besides a miracle?

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[Neutrinos]

I would think Florida would take him back at that cap hit

 

[Frank Drebin]

Huberdeau is certainly worth 5.25 on a long term contract. A fair AAV for him is in the 8.0 range

 

[disgruntleddave]

A lot of teams needing a passer would take that up for sure.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

send him to the caps to feed ovi to the record

 

[Mrfenn92]

Can’t see Calgary retaining that long

 

[Tairy Greene]

I'm pretty sure most teams in the league would try to fit him in at that aav. He's probably still a ppg player on the right line.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

As long as the team that gets him is in a sunny warm place

 

[AintLifeGrand]

i could see the Preds maybe taking a look given that our HC coachee Huberdeau to his best season

 

[Unbiased Fan]

8mil on the leafs to replace Nylander is the max I’d take

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

14 games, 7 points and a minus 13 @ 10.5M

I suppose the downside at 5.25M would be that Huberdeau is already done like Loui Eriksson, when the Vancouver signed him to 6x6M.

On the plus side maybe Huberdeau can rebound in the right situation.

 

[trick9]

send him to the caps to feed ovi to the record

No thanks.

Someone else would definitely take him though.

 

[DJJones]

Every team in the league would take him at 5.25

Silly thread

And Calgary would 100% never do it.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I would think Florida would take him back at that cap hit

I doubt it. He's a bad fit for the direction the team is going. I think Florida's more likely to try to move Aaron Ekblad to be able to retain Sam Reinhart more than looking to add Huberdeau back into the mix.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Yes a team would take him

Would the Flamds retain and pay 40 million dollars?
Would essentially be a scar on the salary cap even after a rebuild. So I am leaning towards no unless the price Is really good.

 

[Nanuuk]

14 games, 7 points and a minus 13 @ 10.5M

I suppose the downside at 5.25M would be that Huberdeau is already done like Loui Eriksson, when the Vancouver signed him to 6x6M.

On the plus side maybe Huberdeau can rebound in the right situation.

Huberdeau's woes are more system related verses his skill dropping off the table. That's why you're seeing -13.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

I would think Florida would take him back at that cap hit

Wasn't exactly a smooth call when Zito informed Huby he was traded so no, you can cross Florida off the list.
They are more than happy with Verhaeghe, Reinhart and Tkachuk as their top 3 wingers.

 

[StreetHawk]

Calgary is facing paying the full freight of Huberdeau's Franchise-crushing Mega contract for years to come.

Would any team take Huberdeau's contract @ 50% retained or would the Flames still have to add a sweetener?

What would it take to move him besides a miracle?

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No team has retained more than like 15% of the cap hit for that many years (like 5 years or more).
If it's like 2 years or less, they would go upwards of 50%.

Luongo, Canucks ate $800K of his $5.33 mil cap hit.
Kessel, Leafs ate $1.2 mill of his $8 mill cap hit
OEL, Coyotes ate $1.125 mill of his $8.25 mill cap hit.
Karlsson, Sharks eating $1.5 mill of his $11.5 mill cap hit.

Burns, SJ did like 1/3 since it was for 3 years.

 

[tmurfin]

Flames ownership has never seemed to be very keen on retaining, so I think that’s a nonstarter.

I’d wager teams start getting interested around the 8 mil mark though, the guy wasn’t one hit wonder, he’s still got the talent.

 

[Dulind]

Huberdeau in a better climate? Like weather, coaching, and system?

Sure. In a heartbeat.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

When the cap goes up he can probably be dealt if the Flames retain a bit.

They gotta try him with Backlund. He was very productive when they did play together. He needs a guy who can get the puck through the neutral zone like Backlund.

That said he’s looked quite dangerous in the 2 games following his benching. Should have had 3 or 4 points easily.

 

[thaman8765678]

I don't think anyone wants him at that rate. He's basically a 4th liner now.

 

[Matthews4Calder]

8mil on the leafs to replace Nylander is the max I’d take

No thanks pay Willy the 9-10 million. For an extra 1 or 2 million who would you rather have? Hub is better than he's been showing but Willy is on another level. Question is does he keep it up or even close to how he's playing or is this play because he's in his final year? regardless Willy can take over a game Hubs can't so I would keep Nylander.

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

Huberdeau is 30 years old and his contract goes for 8 years.

If the Flames want to move him, it may be better to try to off-load his contract now rather than waiting while Huberdeau tries to defeat Father Time.


Anyway, most teams have an anchor contract or two; though this is a humongous one that currently sits at 12.6% of the Flames cap.

 

[Bond]

Huberdeau is 30 years old and his contract goes for 8 years.

If the Flames want to move him, it may be better to try to off-load his contract now rather than waiting while Huberdeau tries to defeat Father Time.


Anyway, most teams have an anchor contract or two; though this is a humongous one that currently sits at 12.6% of the Flames cap.

Who cares. Flames are about to enter a rebuild. Cap doesn't really matter