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Originally Posted by stemit14
Give players big minutes with lots of opportunities in all situations. Do this over the next 2 years and we’ll have a better idea of what players like Zary or Posposil can be. Be fair to Kadri and let him know this is the plan over the next few years. He might not be the first guy over the boards in overtime/powerplays. If he still wants to stay knowing he’ll likely have a diminished role, then I guess they won’t be able to trade him but I wonder if he has a different view if he knew they were going to lean more on young players from now on.
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I don't see it happening no matter how hard the tankers want it. Being crappy to one of your star vets to try to motivate him to leave is a bad way to manage your organization, especially when you are already a team that has been in a heavy rebuild over the last two seasons with him actively saying he doesn't want to leave. It is just a really bad idea.
If the young guys earn the play time over him then that is one thing but none of them are doing that.
Just respect his NMC and leave it at that. If the season falls apart bad enough maybe he will want out but chances are that he has no interest in moving to the US and he might just want to ride out his contract in Calgary and then retire. It's not like he needs to win a cup.