Wonder what a huberdeau extension looks like in CGY, are we thinking 9.5-10x6?

Forsberg extension is the least 9.5 mill x 8 years most

If the cap raises it could be as high as 8 x 11. But he will be taking a full deal.

Was thinking a lesser contract bc of his age but thinking about it a bit more an 8 year deal would be smarter
8x11 seems a tad high, imo highest I’d go is 8x10.75

Not a huge difference between 10.75 and 11 honestly

Tbh Denisenko and Balcers aren’t that great, and I wonder how Bennett will do without Huberdeau. This is still a downgrade on last year’s forward group, and obviously losing Weegar is a huge hole in their defense. Tkachuk+Barkov might be a top 3 duo in the league though, and I’m pretty confident in Lundell’s ability to fill that 2C hole. Don’t forget that Duke is out half the year though btw, which makes their depth even weaker (probably Hornqvist at 3RW, slide Balcers up to 2LW and Verhaeghe goes to 1LW or something).

Weegar + healthy Tanev would legitimately be the best shutdown duo in the league and it’s not close. They could probably match up better than Zadorov and Gudbranson 💀💀 Not that that will still be a line, or you’ll just get caved in whenever anyone else is on the ice.

Sources say one of the teams that was in deepest in trade talks on Matthew Tkachuk (and also on his short list) over last few days: #Canes.Believe #stlblues were also in deep as well, but you can understand with another 100-point player in the mix, why Cats had the upper hand.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 23, 2022

Would've loved to see Canes giving them their classic 8 x 6,25 offer

Having either Forsling or Montour as #2D in a Paul Maurice system is a recipe for disaster

In all seriousness though, if the Panthers had tabled Huberdeau and Weegar to start, what in the actual ham-fisted hell were St. Louis or Carolina supposed to offer? How does offering anything less than Rob Thomas or Andy Svechnikov even keep the Flames on the call?

I still don't believe it's real despite all evidence to the contrary. I still do a double take when I see the full trade.

Having either Forsling or Montour as #2D in a Paul Maurice system is a recipe for disaster

Oh yeah...Maurice.

Lmao they need a D...pretty quick.

Luckily there seems to be excess guys in Calgary right now so maybe they should poach one from there.

lol you seirously think those 2 will be slow down McDrai, did u watch the playoffs this year? they turned it up to 11 and that was with Drai only having one good leg

Good thing Florida got no fans to press the panic button yet

Sources say one of the teams that was in deepest in trade talks on Matthew Tkachuk (and also on his short list) over last few days: #Canes.Believe #stlblues were also in deep as well, but you can understand with another 100-point player in the mix, why Cats had the upper hand.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 23, 2022

Would've loved to see Canes giving them their classic 8 x 6,25 offer

Good thing my team owns their 2023 unprotected 1st

Given CGY was ready to take pending UFAs guys like Max Pacioretty, Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan O'Reilly would've definitely been in the talks.

Obviously Panthers had best guys to offer.

just to remind everyone Huberdeau is a UFA next year and you never know, somebody might offer him less money to not play in Calgary and that's a deal u just can't turn down

Balcsrs is a very good two way middle 6winger, i don’t think Denisenko has too 6 upside at this point but he can bring a dynamic element to the middle 6.

Bennetts counting stats will definitely go down without Huberdeau, but Bennett actually played really well without Huberdeau last season. 57% xGF in 300 min TOI

I think the forward group is as good as last year , but they are a worse team overall - not by much, but they need to add a top 4 D. I like it for Florida short and long term though

Tarasenko has nay-nayed any deal to Calgary for at least two years now. This is public information. If I'm Flames GM, Ryan O'Reilly is not a name I'm excited to trade Tkachuk for.

Vegas never belonged in this conversation and the shell of Max Patches is not the calibre of player you trade Tkachuk for.

just to remind everyone Huberdeau is a UFA next year and you never know, somebody might offer him less money to not play in Calgary and that's a deal u just can't turn down