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Originally Posted by FanSince'01
I don’t get all the clamouring to see Kadri moved right this instant. Sure, I get moving him in a couple years once his NMC goes to a modified NTC, but now? I don’t see what the big rush is. Apart from the “sell everyone to tank” opinion, which I’m not even going to entertain here.
Let’s put aside the fact that he doesn’t want to go and the team doesn’t want to move him and imagine we could easily move him now. What do we realistically expect to get back that’s significantly better than in a couple of years when we wouldn’t be handcuffed to sending him to his choice of team and nowhere else.
I personally doubt that the return we would get in 2 years’ time is way worse off than now. The cap will have gone up and I doubt Kadri’s play will have significantly declined in a couple of years, so his worth likely won’t go down significantly either. Add to that his deal - which is slowly starting to become excellent value due to the rising cap and going rate for players of his ilk - is only going to become better value as the cap rises.
Plus he is going to play a huge mentorship and leadership role for our young players who get to learn from a real gamer. I just don’t see the massively increased value in moving him now vs. in a couple of years.
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Trading Kadri, even for a subpar return (which I don’t think would happen), improves the value of Calgary’s 1st rounder. That’s why you do it now.
Flames have to maximize their draft value.
Flames minus Kadri and Andersson are a bottom-5 team (I think they may be even with them).