Jonathan Huberdeau is open to signing a long\u002Dterm contract with the Calgary Flames.
“I’m open,” Huberdeau said. “We’ve never really talked about that, but I’m open to staying in Calgary for a long time. We’ve only been there 48 hours and we haven’t got to go to Calgary and see everything, but I’m open to it and I’ll kind of leave that to the GM and the agent. They already started talking about it.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“I’m open to signing a long-term deal,” Weegar said.
We won’t re-print the quotes here, but it was only a couple months ago that Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk were insisting they loved Calgary and were open to staying longterm. Then, July hit and both informed the Flames they weren’t interested in committing to Calgary.Article content So there’s a difference between saying you’re open to signing longterm and actually doing it. Nobody can fault Flames fans if they temper their enthusiasm until both players actually commit their futures to the organization.“It’s tough to answer that question right now because Friday night, you think you’re still in Florida and now we’re talking Monday with a new team and you don’t know if you’re going to sign an extension and stuff like that,” Huberdeau said.