[Signing] Flames sign Kadri (7 years, $7m AAV)

[Goriders]

What happens if after 3 games he starts crushing it?

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Goriders

What happens if after 3 games he starts crushing it?

That's 5 years and 79 games of crushing it and everyone will be happy they were wrong.

[Two Fivenagame]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

BT screwed this team.

I blame upper management/ownership for letting BT hang around well past his expire date.

How many coaches did he run through again?

Worst GM in Flames history IMO.

[Poe969]

Originally Posted by Sec214

This is the worst ####ing contract in Flames history.

Brad just made a terrible mistake.

You were right all along, I will never doubt you. EVER.

[Har-Calgary]

Originally Posted by butterfly

That's 5 years and 79 games of crushing it and everyone will be happy they were wrong.

Forgot to add the first half of last season to that tally.

[SoulOfTheFlame]

Pretty easy to see Kadri thinks he's too good for Calgary. Why try in a small market when you've got an ego like him?

[SilverKast]

Originally Posted by Sec214

The calgary sharks!

Doing this sheet worked out real well for them. All them Stanley cups on display.

I liked this one too, even if it hurts because it’s true.

[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Huberdeau's contract structure is awful, it's the Lucic contract all over again. At least Kadri can be bought out in a few years.

Well I think Huberdeau can still be salvaged into an actual asset to the organization whereas Kadri is a detriment.

[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by Two Fivenagame

I blame upper management/ownership for letting BT hang around well past his expire date.

How many coaches did he run through again?

Worst GM in Flames history IMO.

Ok the man made mistakes, especially on his way out but this statement can’t be much farther from the truth.

We’ve has some pretty bad GMs over the years.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by SoulOfTheFlame

Pretty easy to see Kadri thinks he's too good for Calgary. Why try in a small market when you've got an ego like him?

How is this easy to see?
I think we can agree he’s playing poorly
I don’t think we can state with such certainty that something like that he thinks he’s too good for Calgary
And how do you know what the size of his ego is?

[sa226]

Don't veterans typically take a bit to get going? Not sure if that's an urban legend or something.

Players like Kadri, Huberdeau, Backlund etc, could take a bit to find their stride.

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[butterfly]

Kadri was 32 years old and scored 56 points last year. Only 6 times in Flames history has someone been 33+ years old and scored 56+ points. Makarov (twice), Jokinen, Iginla (twice), Giordano.

I'm afraid what you see is what you get.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

I know I was VERY leery of this, but somehow I am all sorts of excited for the next couple of seasons. Welcome to Cowtown Nazem!!

Narrator: Turns out, he was right to be leery.


That being said, even a stopped watch is right twice a day.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by SeanCharles

Well I think Huberdeau can still be salvaged into an actual asset to the organization whereas Kadri is a detriment.

Both contracts suck but Kadri is being paid like a 60-70pt 2nd line centre and Huberdeau is being paid as a top 10 player in the league.

But ignore that, look at the actual contracts. Kadri has a pretty basic contract with low (or no) signing bonuses and reasonable trade protection. Huberdeau's contract is a joke.

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/nazem-kadri

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/jonathan-huberdeau

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Both contracts suck but Kadri is being paid like a 60-70pt 2nd line centre and Huberdeau is being paid as a top 10 player in the league.

But ignore that, look at the actual contracts. Kadri has a pretty basic contract with low (or no) signing bonuses and reasonable trade protection. Huberdeau's contract is a joke.

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/nazem-kadri

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/jonathan-huberdeau

Kadri will be unlikely to ever score 60 points again. Backlund is the real 2C on this team for taking 22% offensive zone starts and playing against all the top players, and PK1. Still gets 40 points/year doing all that. For $4.5-$5.4 million.

Wasn't Kadri supposed to be a two-way C?

[SoulOfTheFlame]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

How is this easy to see?
I think we can agree he’s playing poorly
I don’t think we can state with such certainty that something like that he thinks he’s too good for Calgary
And how do you know what the size of his ego is?

Watching him play for a season. He's a vet who's got nothing left to prove, his ego is a hangover from playing in Toronto and winning in Colorado. He's been in an organization that works. When he came here he entered the clown show of the NHL, only natural to check out. Maybe if he hadn't won yet, but he has.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Kadri will be unlikely to ever score 60 points again. Backlund is the real 2C on this team for taking 22% offensive zone starts and playing against all the top players, and PK1. Still gets 40 points/year doing all that. For $4.5-$5.4 million.

Wasn't Kadri supposed to be a two-way C?

And Huberdeau is unlikely to ever score 110+ pts again.
I said both contracts suck. My point was the contract structures which you completely ignored.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Jacks

And Huberdeau is unlikely to ever score 110+ pts again.
I said both contracts suck. My point was the contract structures which you completely ignored.

I mean, okay…? I wasn’t defending either contract. At least Huberdeau has a lot more precedent of 30-year-olds having star seasons than 33-year-olds.

[traptor]

Based on their contract strcuturea I'd be willing to bet that Kadri doesn't payout his contract here. He will get LTIRetired, Boughton or traded.

Huberdeau we're stuck with.

[dissentowner]

My biggest issue with Kadri is he is so disengaged. Here was a guy that when he was in Toronto and Colorado was hated by every other fanbase because he was an insufferable prick. He would constantly be stirring the pot getting under the opposition's skin. Now tell me any time that has happened since signing here. I can't remember a single game where he has played like that. That is his x factor, it is nowhere to be found.