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

[wetcoast]

His issue is usage, not location. He wants to be on an NHL roster in October and the Jets won’t guarantee it. Calgary could.

Personally I would avoid suck prospects just on principle, playing in the NHL needs to be earned.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

He would look good back in Toronto.

Bertuzzi - Matthews - Domi
Knies - Kadri - Nylander
Robertson - Tavares - Marner

 

[madmike77]

I really don’t think he goes anywhere. Losing his salary puts the Flames way under the cap floor and it’s not like UFAs are dying to play there. They need his salary.

 

[Paper]

I really don’t think he goes anywhere. Losing his salary puts the Flames way under the cap floor and it’s not like UFAs are dying to play there. They need his salary.

Nah. Lots of reasons he won't be traded, but risk of the salary floor isn't one of them.

Let's just say quickly if that was a concern, having too much cap space wouldn't be a problem hard to fix. Teams are buying out players, trading cap-dumps, and worst case scenario is you see if Pronger still has a contract.

But realistically the trade itself would likely have salary coming back to Calgary.

If it didn't, then they have roughly 12M to reach the floor. They need to sign a second pairing, whether that includes Kylington or not, and that's already likely to take up half of that 12M even in rebuild mode. And again if they are looking to get above the floor, they could offer a 1 year can't-say-no contract to the likes of Barrie, Klingberg, Schmidt and friends. Gives them the best opportunity to show what they got on a team with no depth to be concerned with while vying for a future multi-year contact. And not all that dissimilar to Dumba and Gostisbehere signing one year contracts with Arizona and Detroit last year.

If they go with Vladar and Wolf, which I'm not sure is the only intention, they still need to sign Wolf and depending on term that could reach upwards of 2M (especially if they are willing to bank on him).

So now you have about 4M for 3 forwards. But these aren't just depth forwards, they need to replace Mangiapane and Kadri. While the top UFAs might not be putting Calgary on the top of their list, there's going to be a UFA or two who will be happy to sign with the Flames for a couple million.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Nah. Lots of reasons he won't be traded, but risk of the salary floor isn't one of them.

Let's just say quickly if that was a concern, having too much cap space wouldn't be a problem hard to fix. Teams are buying out players, trading cap-dumps, and worst case scenario is you see if Pronger still has a contract.

But realistically the trade itself would likely have salary coming back to Calgary.

If it didn't, then they have roughly 12M to reach the floor. They need to sign a second pairing, whether that includes Kylington or not, and that's already likely to take up half of that 12M even in rebuild mode. And again if they are looking to get above the floor, they could offer a 1 year can't-say-no contract to the likes of Barrie, Klingberg, Schmidt and friends. Gives them the best opportunity to show what they got on a team with no depth to be concerned with while vying for a future multi-year contact. And not all that dissimilar to Dumba and Gostisbehere signing one year contracts with Arizona and Detroit last year.

If they go with Vladar and Wolf, which I'm not sure is the only intention, they still need to sign Wolf and depending on term that could reach upwards of 2M (especially if they are willing to bank on him).

So now you have about 4M for 3 forwards. But these aren't just depth forwards, they need to replace Mangiapane and Kadri. While the top UFAs might not be putting Calgary on the top of their list, there's going to be a UFA or two who will be happy to sign with the Flames for a couple million.

On top of that I would be shocked if Washington or Utah didn't make their LTIR contracts available didn't make. Reaching the cap floor is an easy task. Staying below the ceiling is what's hard

 

[DFF]

Kadri has 5 yrs left

He can easily play at this level for 3’more years at 7M is a steal

You can buy him out the last 2 yrs for cheap

He definitely can be traded

 

[Nanuuk]

Kadri sits out in free agency for a month because he wants so much money that only shitty teams are stupid enough to sign him. Now a couple years later he's mad that the team is shitty? Sounds pretty on brand for him

Don't believe everything you read.

 

[olli]

Despite his long contract he could have some value with retention. people forget he’s coming off a 75 point season.