Rumor: Pagnotta: Flames are exploring trade market on Nazem Kadri

[BLNY]

Bring him back to Colorado please.

That was my thought in my first post in this thread. Maybe Calgary will retain and you can get him for $5 million per.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Hate to say it, but McGroarty + Schmidt/Pionk for a retained Kadri as a basis makes a bit of sense.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Bring him back to Colorado please.

What would you even offer? Colton and some other pieces?

 

[dirtydanglez]

if pld and be moved so can kadri. i wouldnt expect much of a return tho

 

[Mattilaus]

Perfect 3rd line center for the sabers

I could see it happening and that's funny to me for the following reason:

So we can't keep mitts to be our 3 c because he is gonna want too much money. So we trade him for a redundant piece in Byram. Mitts resigns for a very reasonable hit and term with Colorado. Then we trade for kadri with his boat anchor contract the same off season. It would be classic Sabres comical.

 

[dirtydanglez]

What would you even offer? Colton and some other pieces?

it would have to be colton, girard or nuke just to try and make the cap work

 

[Forge]

I think the kadri thing is interesting because he's still playing at a damn fine level. But you're absolutely going to have to buy that contract out at some point. I don't believe any NHL team thinks otherwise. It's a ticking time bomb.

 

[tmurfin]

The contract in which he is paid a ton of money to his late 30s isn't working out!?
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He actually played great last year. But he made it clear he wasn’t interested in going through a rebuild.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

The market...

 

[HockeyVirus]

Marner + 23rd

Andersson + Kadri +

Realistically wont be back to toronto. One of My favourite players so would love him bacm but doubt he or leafs would make it work

Marner + first + another good prospect for Andersson and Kadri would honestly be incredible

 

[Forge]

What GMs may be on the hot seat and not all that concerned about a contract that they potentially won't be there to deal with on the back end?

Those are your huckleberries, I imagine

 

[TageGod]

May I interest you in one Jeff Skinner? Kadri is useful for a few years, Jeff comes off your books in 3 after you rebuild, Skinner never makes the playoffs in his league career.....won't happen though He wont waive to go to Calgary lol.

Not fully opposed to Kadri maybe keep some salary over there.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Marner + 23rd

Andersson + Kadri +

Realistically wont be back to toronto. One of My favourite players so would love him bacm but doubt he or leafs would make it work

lol Marner isn't waiving for Calgary nor would the Flames even want him given they're clearly rebuilding

Also, the plus is very much on the wrong side anyway

 

[madmike77]

The contract in which he is paid a ton of money to his late 30s isn't working out!?
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He's actually been more than worth the money so far at least. It's the rest of the team that didn't work out.

 

[Sabre the Win]

He should go to Pittsburgh and play out his twilight years with the other twilights.

 

[viper0220]

I could see Columbus being interested

I see this also Kadri @50%?

 

[DJJones]

Flames wouldn't retain. He's worth more than 7m right now.

You'll just have to deal with it at a future point when he's no longer worth it. Ltir most likely

 

[JKG33]

I'm not surprised with Calgary trading damn near everyone. I could see Winnipeg being a fit

 

[Michoulicious]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806748271437926405

They are gonna get a lot for an aging center with an very long contract, no doubt.

 

[noncents]

Flames wouldn't retain. He's worth more than 7m right now.

You'll just have to deal with it at a future point when he's no longer worth it. Ltir most likely

lol what

you're not acquiring him just right now. you're acquiring the whole contract. what freak logic is this

 

[madmike77]

I could see him playing at or above his salary for 3-4 more years with the remaining 2-3 years being less of a bargain.

That said, the Flames are already under the cap floor. Dealing Kadri, even with retention, puts them further under the cap floor, so they'd need to make another move.

 

[DJJones]

lol what

you're not acquiring him just right now. you're acquiring the whole contract. what freak logic is this

What? I said yes, you will have to deal with the end of his contract when he won't be worth 7 million

 

[stempniaksen]

From a Sens perspective something around Norris and Kadri makes sense. Gives them more security going into next year and Pinto can take the #2 spot. Calgary would really have to believe in Norris' doctor though, but the upside is there for him to be a long term solution at 1/2C.

I think if the Flames retain a little bit they could get get a Hertl like return. A valuable prospect or late 1st/early 2nd to help with the re-tool.

I know nothing about what the Caps are doing, but he seems like the type of guy they've been targeting and if they can get him for a couple contracts on a soft return maybe he ends up behind Strome and PLD to form a weirdly solid group of C's.

 

[Taswell]

What GMs may be on the hot seat and not all that concerned about a contract that they potentially won't be there to deal with on the back end?

Those are your huckleberries, I imagine

Bah gawd, thats Lou Lamariello's music!

 

[Double Dion]

I think the kadri thing is interesting because he's still playing at a damn fine level. But you're absolutely going to have to buy that contract out at some point. I don't believe any NHL team thinks otherwise. It's a ticking time bomb.

Acquiring team just needs to have an understanding that he'll develop a debilitating equipment allergy in 3 or 4 years. Whatever perfectly coincides with his play dropping off. Worked well for the Hawks.