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Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin
Kadri is worth more than $7M right now. 75 point, 2-way centre with jam who is the catalyst on his line. He really helped Pospisil's game.
The issue is he's 33 years old entering next season and will be 37 entering the last year of his contract. However, it's almost impossible to sign top UFA's without having those painful years on the backend of the contract.
Kadri shouldn't be going anywhere - he's the opposite of a problem for this team, and because of his age and term remaining, I can't see a trade fetching the value that's worth trading him for.
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He will be 38 the last year of his contract. Some team may want Kadri but the contract and NMC limits any value you get. The value you get trading him is you get rid of a 5-year deal that could go sideways real fast and become untradeable at any point in those 5 years. Things can go sideways real fast here.
Also, major over reaction to Goodrow's value too. 50% retained I bet we can get a 2nd or 3rd for him in a year. Take him, build his value and get the pick that you might get for Kadri and remove the risk of being stuck with Kadri when high end prospects want to get paid.