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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
That's what a lot of people say but that's not the reality of it. Kadri was a UFA, any team could sign him without giving up anything except money on the contract.
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Originally Posted by MrMike
Not just money, cap space.
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That's exactly the thing. No other team that wanted Kadri had the cap space to meet his asking price. By trading away Monahan and a 1st, the Flames gained the cap space to sign Kadri. And they got him for less money than he was reportedly asking for at the start of free agency.
That kind of flexibility is worth major assets on the market.