Kadri's production went down last year because he wa the 3rd centre. He won't displace Monahan. Does he take Backlund's place and icetime as 2nd line, shutdown centre? If so, the Flames are paying $5M+ per year to Backlund to play 3rd line minutes.
Calgary needs scoring on RW a lot more than another C, IMO. They should use Brodie (or whatever assets would be traded) to address that problem.
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