[bubbsy]

When I heard him on the radio here on the fan in Toronto, a few days after the trade, when asked about the nixing of any trades, he basically said, like every year, he basically reviews things and provides the team with his list of non-trade teams (at the end of June). He also mentioned that he strategically picks teams that he feels may be looking to trade for him, as a means to try to stay in Toronto.

So the way I see it is that the flames were on his No trade list, the avs were not. When the leafs/flames got deep enough in discussions, flames were granted to speak with kadri in the hope that he gave the green light, which he did not. He probably had no idea if there were any other trade options the leafs had for him. When the Colorado deal happened, they either wasn't on his no trade list, or sakic and the avs were also granted access to speak with him, and he agreed.