[Rumour] Habs circle back on Kadri. Laine to Calgary?

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Buff

To be fair, either Laine or Anderson would be whipping boys is they played for the Flames.

I think Anderson would become a fan favourite.

[dammage79]

Outside of the Hage's and Reinbachers and Zharovskys, my hot take is they end up with Aatos Koivu.

[agulati]

57 minutes left. Get it done Conroy

[Iniggywetrust]

Good to see we’ve learned from the past not to expect a teams top prospect in a trade and end up disappointed when we get a 20 year college prospect.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by dammage79

My guess and it's probably way over value as to what they will actually get but Kadri and Whitecloud to MTL for Zharovsky Laine and Xekji gah I can't spell that name.

I'll just call him Xerxes.

[Unknown]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Outside of the Hage's and Reinbachers and Zharovskys, my hot take is they end up with Aatos Koivu.

After watching him here in Finland this season, I think he's never getting to the NHL.

[JurassicTunga12]

An HFboards user mentioned that Renaud Lavoie is saying not to expect Kadri to MTL...

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by JurassicTunga12

An HFboards user mentioned that Renaud Lavoie is saying not to expect Kadri to MTL...

[calumniate]

Hf no good!

[Krynn]

I said to my buddies only way we flip Whitecloud is if a team wants 2 over pay for him.hes fit in great so far so I really dont think he is traded.

[Nelson]

FWIW:

Nicolas Cloutier
@NCloutierTVA
10m
It seems the Flames are still refusing to withhold any salary in the Nazem Kadri trade ( @RLavoieTVA ). It's difficult to finalize a deal if the owners don't change their stance.
Mar 6, 2026 · 7:02 PM UTC

Marco D'Amico
@mndamico
5m
This is the same reason any Canadiens interest in Nazem Kadri may not translate into a trade.

Canadiens do not have an appetite for the full $7M AAV for the next three years.

Calgary ownership does not want to retain on Kadri.

We'll see if anything changes

[dammage79]

Who are those guys??

[memphusk]

Which would also mean teams don't want to pay the price for the retention. Two way street.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Last minute Kadri veto?

[united]

Montreal-based reporters insist the Flames/Flames ownership need to do more to retain. Very authentic and transparent.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Last minute Kadri veto?

Kadri wouldn't veto a trade to Montreal. If it fell apart it's because of retention, again.

I don't get how Kadri @ 7mil is bad....

[VilleN]

Just take bad money back on a smaller contract... no need to retain. I'm also a bit confused as to why ownership is against retention... we aren't near the cap, they've routinely spent to the cap so not sure why the wallet is so tight right now... and we're unlikely to need to retention slots moving forward if Kadri is traded, because we've essentially cleared out any players that would need it, except maybe Coleman, but his cap hit shouldn't be prohibitive to other teams.

[Macho0978]

I expect with no RS the returns will not be great, and we will be taking back players that are not exciting.

Laine, Dach, Xhekaj 2nd Mtl 2026 and 3rd Mtl 2027

for

Kadri and Pachal or Hanley

[aiy_yah]

Late to this thread and only got through 1st 60 or so posts, but out of the box thinking to make salary work. What if Habs dump Danault's salary as part of Kadri trade?

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by VilleN

Just take bad money back on a smaller contract... no need to retain. I'm also a bit confused as to why ownership is against retention... we aren't near the cap, they've routinely spent to the cap so not sure why the wallet is so tight right now... and we're unlikely to need to retention slots moving forward if Kadri is traded, because we've essentially cleared out any players that would need it, except maybe Coleman, but his cap hit shouldn't be prohibitive to other teams.

It depends on that that retention is. If it is 50% and a mediocre return than I can understand it. Teams might not want to subtract from their rosters as well on the bad contracts.