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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The thing about the Monahan trade was that no one had cap space so Montreal was able to drive a hard bargain to take on his $6 million salary.
Yet Kadri was still unsigned and still able to squeeze 7x$7 million out of Calgary.
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Monahan had a modified no trade clause he was apparently willing to use. A number of teams had cap space, but only Montreal was not on his no-trade list with the available space.
Kadri was a sought after player with options. He was only unsigned becuase he had choices to make.