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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Hopefully it isn’t.
Everyone reporting on Kadri has expressed how happy he and his family are here. We are historically a team that struggles to sign free agents and retain talent due to our location. Ownership fully understanding how much Kadri, who is a leader on the team and in the room, wants to stay, and making that known, is a net positive for the organization.
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When the Flames were good, they didn't struggle to sign free agents. Markstrom, Tanev, Kadri, and Coleman are some examples. Unfortunately, the Flames were capped out for most of it.
Even a guy like Zadorov. He didn't love playing in Canada, or Calgary, but he wanted to win, so he re-signed here. Toffoli wanted to come back too, but the Flames weren't offering him a contract.
My point is that you don't need to keep Kadri in order for free agents to want to sign here. You need to build a good team.
An argument can be made that being around Kadri helps young players develop more rapidly, so it will have more of a future impact than the return can get you, but I'm a bit skeptical here.