These are human beings we are dealing with. There is also the idea of creating a perception of your organization to outside players. This comes into play with American prospects signing, UFA signings, RFA signings, players waiving NMC's and even Coaches deciding where they want to go. Look at how much Farabee and Frost talked about their gold star treatment coming to Calgary.
Not dealing Kadri for magic beans now might lead to downstream benefits when it comes to other players coming to the organization.
This is not NHL 2025 here.
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