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Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander
The Kadri move would involve significant retention I'd imagine. Retaining on his contract for the 3.5 seasons should command a haul. It would also leave us with only one more retention slot until Markstrom contract expires at the end of next season.
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Could be. Mittlestadt has the same number of points as Kadri (29 points) but fewer goals (15 for Kadri and 9 for Mittlestadt). Seems like the coaching staff is not a fan of Mittlestadt though as he has been a healthy scratch. Mittlestadt’s cap hit is $5.75 and it expires at the end of the 2026-2027 season. Kadri’s cap hit is $7 million and it expires at the end of the 2028-2029 season.
Mittlestadt’s contract is not that bad because it only has 3 years left. Flames would be smart to make that trade even if it meant using a retention spot IMO. They won’t have many contracts to trade in the next 2 years that they would need to retain to trade.