Tkachuk traded to Florida

[PBPantherfan]

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[Ghoste]

Wow can’t believe we got him. We need a defenseman now.



-ghoste

 

[FinlandPanther]

Wow this is wild. We got worse but man did we need a guy like Tkachuk.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

I imagine contract talks fell through? ANOTHER 1st round pick gone?

I don't feel great about this return but Tkachuk opens up the window again. Tough to say bye to Huberdeau like this but he was gonna sign the same deal as Tkachuk anyway. Big team shift incoming.

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

Safe to say Zito had little faith in contract negotiations with these two.

Huberdeau will want 8x10+ as a 30 year old.

Weegar will want 7-9M with term as a 29 year old.

We absolutely gave up a lot. but we got cost controlled 80-100 point player who is 24-ish.

Terrible amount to pay for Tkachuk. I imagine contract talks fell through? ANOTHER 1st round pick gone? I don't feel great about this.

We traded two near-30 year old UFAs coming off career years for a 24 year old who just put up 100 points.
Yes we paid a lot.

This is how you extend a contention window.

 

[zeroG]

holy shit

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

This trade would’ve been stomachable if we also gave them Hornqvist to dump cap.

Bruh huge overpayment. He’s a really good player but f***

 

[FinlandPanther]

Safe to say Zito had little faith in contract negotiations with these two.

Huberdeau will want 8x10+ as a 30 year old.

Weegar will want 7-9M with term as a 29 year old.

We absolutely gave up a lot. but we got cost controlled 80-100 point player who is 24-ish.


We traded two near-30 year old UFAs coming off career years for a 24 year old who just put up 100 points.
Yes we paid a lot.

This is how you extend a contention window.

Pretty much. I think we got worse today for sure but our window just blew open. Plus we are going to love Tkachuk so much here.

 

[ZamBroni]

I haven’t really followed the off-season at all since we were eliminated. Can someone explain the rationale? How do we look cap wise now? Insane trade. Dunno how to feel.

 

[Gentle Man]

Guys I made this happen

 

[panthersfan94]

Extended our window at the cost of next year’s team unless we can find some defense. Ultimately don’t hate it but man it sucks to see Huby go

 

[FinlandPanther]

Can someone make the Huby tribute thread. Guy was a warrior for us.

 

[PBPantherfan]

Safe to say Zito had little faith in contract negotiations with these two.

Huberdeau will want 8x10+ as a 30 year old.

Weegar will want 7-9M with term as a 29 year old.

We absolutely gave up a lot. but we got cost controlled 80-100 point player who is 24-ish.


We traded two near-30 year old UFAs coming off career years for a 24 year old who just put up 100 points.
Yes we paid a lot.

This is how you extend a contention window.

Sure Huby’s agent being Allan Walsh didn’t help matters.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

That's definitely a hefty price for Kachuk but at least Huby's gone.

 

[Andrei79]

Hey guys, not trolling, but genuinely curious.

Was there word around the Panthers that Huberdeau didn't want to sign ?

We usually get a lot of inside info here about Quebec born players and nothing came up about him wanting to leave Florida.

Or, is this a case of Huberdeau's demands being too high for what Zito wanted to pay ?

 

[Gentle Man]

Weegar and huby probably asked for 17 to 18 combined

 

[ProjectPanthers]

At this point it is what it is, I really love Tkachuk and his style of play. We've needed that forever on this team and him being a top superstar on the squad immediately changes the identity of this team. They'll be much feistier come playoff time that's for sure.

Sad to see Huberdeau and Weegar go, especially Hubs. Lots of fun memories with him, just not enough winning. Wish them both the best of luck but contract discussions clearly fell through hence the 1st round pick IMO, I don't see CGY re-signing both.

I'm jacked though, I really am. This is a brand new direction for this squad, they are going to look VERY different next season.

On to a new era of Florida Panthers hockey.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Terrible amount to pay for Tkachuk. I imagine contract talks fell through? ANOTHER 1st round pick gone? I don't feel great about this.

Zito's been making terrible deals value-wise and looks like he's not going to stop anytime soon.

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

Hey guys, not trolling, but genuinely curious.

Was there word around the Panthers that Huberdeau didn't want to sign ?

We usually get a lot of inside info here about Quebec born players and nothing came up about him wanting to leave Florida.

Or, is this a case of Huberdeau's demands being too high for what Zito wanted to pay ?

Huberdeau will be a 30-year-old looking for 8 years and 10-11M. I'm sure it's nothing personal. Zito just knows better. Someone else can hand him that albatross.

He is a great playmaker. He makes fairly OK players look good.

 

[16Skippy]

Jesus the balls on this guy.

Knee jerk reaction is sadness over losing Huby Let’s see if that changes

 

[Gentle Man]

Here I go

We get Chychrun next

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

At this point it is what it is, I really love Tkachuk and his style of play. We've needed that forever on this team and him being a top superstar on the squad immediately changes the identity of this team. They'll be much feistier come playoff time that's for sure.

Sad to see Huberdeau and Weegar go, especially Hubs. Lots of fun memories with him, just not enough winning. Wish them both the best of luck but contract discussions clearly fell through hence the 1st round pick IMO, I don't see CGY re-signing both.

I'm jacked though, I really am. This is a brand new direction for this squad, they are going to look VERY different next season.

On to a new era of Florida Panthers hockey.

I'm sure that Zito looked at both Huby and Weegar being too old and too expensive.

 

[Andrei79]

Huberdeau will be a 30-year-old looking for 8 years and 10-11M. I'm sure it's nothing personal. Zito just knows better. Someone else can hand him that albatross.

He is a great playmaker. He makes fairly OK players look good.

This makes a lot of sense. I wish the team here did the same with Carey Price before that brutal contract. Thanks.

 

[MillarWithASave]

I know Huby was probably not going to stay but this trade is horrible for us. I’m sorry, there’s just no other way to look at this, we gave up so much.

 

[StrangeVision]

Wow