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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Seemed like more than 50% of the board smelled Kadri to the flames a mile away and the vast majority were ripping their hair out hoping it wouldnt happen. I was one of them. A career 60 point player with troubling club/fan history and a single career best year playing 2nd fiddle to one of the best lines of the last 15 years, needing one of the most expensive contracts in club history.
It was a poor decision. I know that ownership still wants to compete but we could have done better with the money elsewhere. OR we could have held monahan and sought a trade mid season/ later on that would have been much less costly.
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Here’s the list of top UFAs from last offseason (Gaudreau was #1 and Kadri #2):
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...-ufas-rumours/
So Copp? Palat?
Trying to replace players of the calibre of Gaudreau and Tkachuk is a massive challenge. Treliving got widespread praise around the league for making the trades and signings that he did. It certainly played a part in the most deep-pocketed and prestigious franchise in the league snatching him up as soon as he walked away from the Flames.