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Originally Posted by Vinny01
At the time it was rumored Toronto offered JVR+1st to NYI for Hamonic. They were definitely in the bidding but Hamonic preferred to come to the west.
Allegedly the Jackets offered Kadri 8.5Mx7 at the very start of free agency but he didn’t accept right away and then the Gaudreau thing happened and they moved quickly to him. It would have been interesting to see what Gaudreau would have done had the Jackets option not been there? Would he still be a Flame?
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I suspect the Kadri deal was agreed to soon after the Huberdeau/Tkachuk trade. The Flames just had to find cap room and were trying to do so without giving up a 1st - but couldn't so they made the Monahan deal.