Crosby or Huberdeau

[DudeImJason]

Current Roster:

C: MacKinnon, Crosby, Eichel, Malkin, Hertl, Tavares, Dach
LW: E.Kane, Ovechkin, Pacioretty
RW: Puljujarvi, Radulov
D: Letang, DeAngelo, Dahlin
G: Vasilevskiy, Lehner, Hart

2C/2LW/2RW/2D/2UTIL/1G - keep 9

G(3),a(2),ppg/shh(1),ppa/sha(0.5)+/-(0.2)pims(0.3)hat(1)gwg(0.5)fow/fol(0.1/-0.1)sog/bs/hit(0.3)

got offered Huberdeau for my Crosby should I take this offer?

crosby avg last year: 4.6
huberdeau avg last year: 4.1

[Russian Rocket 10]

I would accept that with confidence. Huberdeau is a stud with a capital S!

[pmorrow]

A year or two ago I would have automatically said keep Crosby, but I think he's at the age where it's not illogical to move him. Huberdeau is a top 10 forward this year most likely. It's not a slam dunk win for you, but I don't think you're going to do much better than this for Sid at this stage of his career and in that format. I am not 100% sure you do this, but it's well within the ballpark.

Questions to ask - are you going for it this year? Do you need to make the move? Do you want to move Crosby this year, and if so can you wait til he's healthy and ripping it up? If you are wavering I would be tempted to just hold, but Huberdeau is a very good return for sure if you do do it.

[joeb323]

For what it’s worth, at the end of last season I traded Huberdeau for Crosby and Barrie, and both sides agreed that was a pretty fair trade. If it’s Huberdeau for Crosby straight up that’s a solid move due to the age difference

[stevegamer]

I like that move for you, you get younger, not much of a dropoff.

[Feenom]

Love Crosby but this is a great deal for you.

[Bubba55]

There are a very limited number of guys I would move Sid for but Huberdeau is one. The six years difference in age at this stage in Sid's career is significant and if Dobber's numbers are even close in the Guide, Huberdeau could very well out point Sid this year and I think it's safe to assume that is likely a trend that would continue into the future. I'd do this. Worst case scenario, it's a wash this year but moving forward it's a win. As a last point, I like what Florida has done to build a strong contender, the window, IMO, is closing fast on the Pens and in a few years it will be interesting to see at age 36 what Sids line mates and the overall depth of the Pens looks like, currently, the prospect cupboard is pretty bare. I'm inclined to put my money on Hubs and the Cats two years down the road.

[hockeymanG23]

Yup, do it.

[rufio.85]

I've owned Crosby for a long time and decided I would keep him until he declines significantly because I wouldn't be able to get a fair price.
Huberdeau is more than a fair price / adequate replacement player. You get the same type of production and you get younger by 6 years.
That's a deal I would do without hesitation.