The agent for one of the Calgary Flames‘ most high-profile off-season additions called out the team on Twitter after the team’s loss to the Detroit Red Wings Thursday.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result,” Allan Walsh, who represents Jonathan Huberdeau, wrote on Twitter. “Also, negativity sucks the joy right out of players.”
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The tweet comes after the Flames dropped to 1-2-2 in five games following the all-star break and 25-19-11 on the season. With 61 points, the Flames are tied with the Wild for the final wild-card spot in the West but Minnesota holds the tiebreaker by having a game in hand.
The Flames acquired Huberdeau — who tied for second in league-scoring last season with 115 points — in a blockbuster trade that sent Matthew Tkachuk back to the Florida Panthers. But while Tkachuk has found his footing with his new team, leading the Panthers in scoring with 75 points, Huberdeau has not had the same success in Calgary — netting only 10 goals and 36 points in 52 games.
Before the season, the Flames signed Huberdeau to the richest contract in franchise history, an eight-year, $84-million pact that begins next season. So while frustrations may be boiling over now, the two sides have no choice but to try to find a way through their struggles.
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