In general, the 2024-25 season was considered a successful For Jonathan Huberdau. The Calgary Flames Forward had a very respectable 28 goals and 62 points in 81 outings. It was a huge improvement after he scored only 15 and 12 goals in the previous two seasons. That said, the fact that 62 points are considered a good season for Huberdeau is a disappointing memory of how far his game has fallen.
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Before you were taken over by the flames of the Florida Panthers In a blockbuster -deal With Matthew Tkachuk, Huberdeau came from a career-best 115-point season. It was his first time that he surpassed the 100-point barrier, although he had ended the previous three seasons above the point-per game, including 92 points in 2018-19. Certainly that they acquire a superstar talent, the flames locked Huberdeau An eight -year -old deal of $ 84 million Before he played a match for the organization.
While the $ 10.5 million cap for Hubermdeau was undoubtedly steep when it was spent, most thought it was a slight too much paid in the worst case. There were many who were pretty sure that he could fulfill the deal, given what he had shown in recent seasons as a member of the Panthers.
Through three seasons with the flames it has become quite clear that Huberdeau will never live somewhere near that deal. The fact that 62 points were considered a good effort for him this last season shows that exactly. Keep in mind that during his 115-point season he only had 85 assists.
At the moment it is easy enough for Flames fans to reject the Hubermdeau contract, because the team has a lot of cap space and is not nearly a competition. That said, the deal has six more seasons about it, which is a hard memory of how ugly a contract it is, even with him increases his performance last season.
Huberdau ranked the worst contract in the NHL
As they do every year, Athletics brought out the top 10 worst contracts in the NHL. Author Dom Luszczyszyn works analyzes, together with the Cap -hit and the remains of the deals, to determine who has the worst contracts in the NHL. Flames -fans may not want to read this point, because the result is not beautiful (from ‘Dom Luszczyszyn: NHL’s 10 worst contracts, 2025 edition: Jonathan Huberkdeau, Ivan Provorov and more,’ Athletics31-7-15).
Based on the Luszczyszyn model, Huberdeau has the worst contract in the NHL, which marks the second consecutive year that it is considered in this specific ranking as such. It is difficult to dispute the result, because there are alone 10 Vooruit in the competition That hit a higher cap than the flame wing.
“Huberdau is still a good player. And in the right situation it is possible that he can still be a great player,” wrote Luszczyszyn. “Yet it is unlikely that he will someday be a player of $ 10.5 million again. For now he is nowhere close and bears the worst contract of the competition for the second consecutive year.”
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It is also nice to see that Luszczyszyn Ierate is that Huberdeau is still a good player, because, despite many flames, fans who do not like the contract, they are all aware of the fact that the 32-year-old is indeed a solid player. Although his production was halved since he came to Calgary, he never complained once and worked hard to improve his two -way match. He is even now are used on the penalty kill.
Although that is admirable, it does not make up for his contract. Huberdau was signed as an attacking force, not 50 to 60-point two-way ahead. It is unlikely that he will someday be the star language that he had been with the Panthers for so many years, but if he can continue to play as he did in 2024-25, the contract will be far from good, but not as big as a disaster as after his first two seasons with the flames.
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