Grondements commerciaux dans la LNH : « Kadri serait favorable à un échange »
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Disastrous-Key266
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Grondements commerciaux dans la LNH : « Kadri serait favorable à un échange »
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Disastrous-Key266
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Kadri would welcome trade
My TSN colleague Darren Dreger mentioned again on Insider Trading on Tuesday that veteran center Nazem Kadri would absolutely welcome a trade to a contender.
The 35-year-old has three more years on his deal after this season at a $7 million cap hit. That might give some teams some hesitation. Some Cup contenders wish that the contract were at least one year shorter. I know of at least one team that would want the Flames to retain some salary on that deal, which I’m not sure would be a sell in Calgary.
But the dude is a playoff warrior who would upgrade any contender. A reunion in Colorado would make some sense after the Avalanche cleared up cap space this week. As mentioned, though, a reunion with O’Reilly could make sense for the Avs, too. I like Charlie Coyle for Colorado as well, but he may not be available (more on that below).
It probably makes sense for Calgary to see what happens with O’Reilly in Nashville before getting a better sense of the market return for a comparable No. 2 center. O’Reilly’s contract (one more year at $4.5 million) is more appealing, so the domino would make sense with O’Reilly going first to set the price.
Are people finally willing to accept that the Don Maloney interview was just an awkward attempt to spin the Flames’ season as being salvageable?
Flames have some nice pieces that in a few years might be good 2nd or 3rd line players but we need some studs. Blow it up and trade anyone with value, hopefully we can land some top prospects.
Get the bum out of here
This has been obvious even since the beginning of the season when it came out that Kadri was open to moving. That was a very clear soft trade request, likely based on the Flames not doing anything significant over the summer and Andersson being committed to leaving.