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Originally Posted by Royle9
I'm not saying its pressure.
I'm saying that the only way teams are making offers right now for Kadri are structured on flames retaining salary.
If the offers are not worth retaining on, then it would be foolish to make the track just to make the trade and pay a bunch of money (7M+) just to say you made a trade.
The reality is that every offer on Kadri thus far has come with a retention requirement, that's just the fact of the matter.
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And it should be expected if you're the Flames.
They reaped the benefits of the first 4 years of a long term contract for Kadri, where I think every single poster on this board at the time of the signing would have said "It's fair now but the last 2-3 years of that deal might not age well".
Kadri has bad season next year and it becomes an untradable contract.
It's not crazy that teams are not thrilled to be taking on $7M for his 36, 37, and 38 year old seasons. Especially the last two years of that deal are very risky.
To me $1.5M retention to bring Kadri down to $5.5M for the 3 seasons is probably just the cost of business for the Flames.
Because they reality is they saved that $4.5M on the front half of the contract when he was worth more than $7M and now it's just equalizing that equation.
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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
So if the Flames want compensation for eating millions of dollars that's not fair to the acquiring team? Just because fans on a message board want a trade? Not sure I understand the argument.
Does anyone have examples of teams eating millions of dollars of salary for no compensation? Kadri doesn't have to be traded despite what is posted on here every day. I would prefer he is, but it's not the end of the world and won't destroy the rebuild of he's dealt over the summer IMO
I also think this has been a bunch of posturing and he's out the door today with the Flames retaining hahah so who knows.
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Flames are the one that gave him the contract that was always going to be a liability in the back half though.
It's not the Flames eating money as a third party. It's the Flames eating money on the contract they signed that at this point is an overpayment for the 36-38 year old seasons of Kadri.
Nobody is giving a 36 year old Kadri a 3 x $7M contract this offseason if it means they have to pay a 1st and a top prospect for that right.
Retention is just a requirement to get the best trade return for what Kadri is bringing for those 3 seasons becasue it's unlikely a team is going to pay a premium for a 36 year old with that contract.