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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
What move could Colorado possibly make that would allow them to sign Kadri without crippling them long-term? They have to be concerned about next off-season now, when MacKinnon, Newhook, and Byram all need new contracts. Sure, they have Compher, Cogliano, Helm, and Johnson coming off the books, but that frees up only $12M. MacKinnon is going to eat up $5-6M of that, which leaves $6-7M to resign your RFAs and replace the bodies you just lost. Even at league minimum that is $3M deducted from the $6-7M available. A deal with Kadri doesn't appear to be possible with Colorado unless they move out a core piece. Kadri isn't a player you do that for.
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Apparently Girard is the guy they are trying to find a taker to dump him on to.
The Flames might as well go for Kadri. They are clearly in win-now mode by trading Tkachuk for a couple of pending UFAs. There is no point in doing it half-way. Just pick a direction and commit to it.