Jonathan Huberdeau's agent gets candid about the Florida Panthers and why he felt disrespected

He has always stood up for his players when team management has unfairly treated one of his own clients. Now he's sticking up for Jonathan Huberdeau and how the Florida Panthers blindsided their star player by trading him.

Allan Walsh was Wednesday's guest on the "Agent Provocateur" podcast. When he was asked if there were any contract extension talks with Florida before the trade. He was honest and said yes there were. Walsh and Florida general manager Bill Zito had a discussion at the draft and Zito told Walsh he would send an offer for a contract extension after free agency slowed down. Walsh and Huberdeau were led to believe that Huberdeau was a very important piece to the Panthers and would be there long term. So everyone was shocked when Huberdeau was traded to Calgary.

At the time of the NHL Entry Draft there were no talks about Matthew Tkachuk being traded so this may all be true. Johnny Gaudreau wasn't expected to go to Columbus at that time either. It just shows how fast during the off-season a franchise can completely change its direction.