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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I think it's pretty easy to see where Rhett is coming from. Does he know the exact offers? No, but he can still draw a parallel to the last Cs dealt. Last year Kadri was having a better season than Nelson. Nelson got a 1st + Ritchie, and got extended for $7.5M x 3 in a contract very similar to Kadri's.
For the first couple of months of the season Kadri was playing with a lot more energy, and was the only C name in the rumor mill. Right now after his cold streak and largely disinterested play in January, the insiders are saying the Flames would need to retain in order to get anything back, which makes it seem as though the Kadri stock has depreciated considerably.
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Last year is irrelevant. He had a full NTC. He couldn't be traded.
Maybe they should have traded him earlier this season, but I don't buy that teams are suddenly more concerned about his contract now.