He's a very good defensive player with solid 3rd line offense as well. His speed and positioning allows him to both cover defense well while also quickly transitioning the puck out of danger and to the attack.
Since the trade, at Even Strength:
Kadri: 13:26, 37pt pace, 46.2xgf% (-7.0rel)
Kerfoot: 13:09, 32pt pace, 51.7xgf% (+0.1rel)
Comments about Kadri from last night's Avalanche Board game thread:
"Kadri needs to get his head out of his *** soon."
"Kadri pisses me off and tbh hasnt been a good Avalanche player for most of his tenure here. He showed up for the playoffs last year so I'll give him credit for that, but I thought he was kinda shit during the season last year too."
"Kadri is rubbish"
"Out of these four (JTC, Saad, Donskoi, Kadri), two should come out and be replaced with LOC and Kaut. "
"Kadri is a bonehead,"
"Kadri + Saad look like 3rd liners"
"Kadri and Saad both have been donkey piss every single game."
"Kadri’s drop-off is really hurting this team. Even at his best he’s not really a shift-to-shift impact guy, but when his scoring touch is gone, he’s a liability."
"Boy do I wish Kadri was on any other team."
"Still a second round exit team with a bunch of losers like Kadri leading the way."
"He's one of the biggest idiotson this team for sure."
"Kadri really needs to wake up. Totally uninterested play. As a 2nd line centreman, it's unacceptable."
"He's got to go."
"I think it’s also time to take Kadri off that 1st PP unit. It seemed like he lost alot of faceoffs in the PP and other than that I find him quite useless there."
"What Kadri needs to do is leave Columbus off his no trade list so we can package him for Dubois."
"Kadri does not setup his teammates for success, he only really uses them when he has completely run himself out of options"
"He's one of the most selfish player in the NHL. Not sure all his linemates are OK with that."
"Hes completely useless as a bumper. I said it before but all he does is confuse the hell out of Nathan there. Nathan does that fake shot pass to Kadri and it almost always ends up in Kadri's feet. It worked a few times in the playoffs against the Yotes but all season it never worked. "
"Saad hardly touches the puck and Kadri just wants to fire off inaccurate shots."
"Kadri has zero ability to drive a line. He's as bad as Donskoi at winning puck battles, has below average playmaking skills (kerfoot is actually much better than him in that aspect) and is either lazy or has poor awareness defensively all while taking stupid Ian Cole-esque penalties. The only things he has going for him as a player is that he can shoot and stickhandle but even that is not there most nights. Honestly I'd rather have Jeff Carter playing 2c out there than Kadri, at least he wouldn't kill so many plays."
"I’m worried about our centers outside Mack. Is Kadri-Compher-Bellemare good enough to win the cup?"
"The second line is only going to work with a high level transition puck carrier on the wing. Kadri/Saad just don't skate well enough for Bednar's transition game."
