Now maybe Im crazy

Équipe: 2023-24 Blue Jackets de Columbus

Date de création initiale: 8 nov. 2023

Publié: 8 nov. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I've been reading a lot about Huberdeau today and the discussion on various message boards has brought up that he's a pure stylistic mismatch for the Calgary flames. But you know what team could very well be a good match? Columbus. The Jackets have multiple puck-moving defensemen and forwards who can gain the zone. Huberdeau's a passenger who can thrive in a system built for him, like he did in Florida. Calgary just very much is not that place.

This retention might be a bitter pill to swallow, I know. But no team is taking on his full 10.5, and this gets him off the team and off the books at 10.5 and nets you some bodies who aren't without skill. Also fully willing to edit and discuss, not that Calgary has much leverage. Four million is definitely high, but perhaps there is a number that would be palatable to get them out of the contract but is also amenable to the receiving team?

But Huberdeau at 6.5 to a team with a better system fit for the type of player he is? *That* sounds like a Jarmo move.