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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think Coleman gets traded at the deadline. He wants to win, and unless Calgary is in a good position by the deadline, I think he moves.
What will be the most interesting player this season in terms of rumours will be Kadri. This will be his last season with a full NMC, and it switches to a 13 team NTC. Dependng on when he has to hand his list in by, he can probably maximize his leverage down to 5-7 teams starting next off-season, vs picking his preferred 1-3 spots. If the Flames are at the bottom of the standings, and Kadri is having a good season, I would actual rumors will start popping up, rather than pure speculation. I do think the Flames will eventually trade him at some point, so it will be interesting to see what happens starting with this upcoming deadline. Putting myself in his shoes, I am not sure what I would prefer - another year in the destination of my choice (Calgary) with risk of being traded to a team further down my list? Or using my NMC leverage to engineer a trade to my #1 or #2 choice? Those teams being able to then trade him the following off-season is a possibility, but unlikely after they just trade for him.
Something to keep our eyes on. I won't believe any trade rumours until the Flames are looking out of it, and the deadline is a month or less out. Up until then, it will just be baseless rumours or pure speculation.
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Just because so many posters have a hard-on for trading Kadri, it would be good to keep in mind that a 13 team no-trade-list is a lot of control still for the player.
Kadri and his agent will be able to sit down and look at the league to figure out how best to use those 13 spots on the list to effectively make it full control for the player. They can skip teams who have strong center depth and are almost certainly not interested in trading for him (for example: Sharks, Ducks, Stars, Oilers, Devils, Panthers, Lightning, VGK, Senators, Blues, Mammoth, etc) and they can also skip adding teams that are not going to be buying this season (Penguins, Flyers).
At that point he can put 13 teams on the list that eliminates any teams that are in need of a C and effectively have control over whether he gets traded or not.