Trade Pitch Re-Acquires Flames Forward for $49 Million
Nazem Kadri has been rumored to be involved in trade talks, and one trade pitch seems him go back to the team that drafted him in the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Kadri has three years left on his seven-year $49 million deal he signed with Calgary on August 18, 2022. Although he still has three years left on his deal, Calgary is entering a rebuild and Kadri could fetch them some assets to speed that up.
Website PuckPedia has a new tool called PuckGM that lets users create their own trades, and one user proposed a deal that sees Kadri get traded back to the Maple Leafs.
The trade involves three players and three draft picks, and on paper, it does make sense. Kadri would give the Maple Leafs more depth in their forward group and plays a style that works well in the playoffs, as he was a key player for the Colorado Avalanche which won the Stanley Cup in 2022.
Calgary, meanwhile, has to take on Kampf and Reaves’ contracts, as both have two years left on their deals, but it makes the salary work so Toronto can take on Kadri’s deal. But, the big part of the package for the Flames is Nick Robertson and the second-round pick.
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