Confirmed Signing with Link: [CGY] F Nazem Kadri signs with the Flames (7 years, $7M AAV)

[Amadeus]

Knew they were interested in him from the time he was in Toronto and had a deal in place for Brodie which Kadri eventually nixed.

I like this for Calgary. Good for them!

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Nice!

 

[ponder]

Another guy was out too…

He also forgot Monahan - sounds like signing him and moving Kadri is all happening together. Gudbranson gone too, and Jarnkrok, though that's pretty expected as he was a rental. So the significant movements are more like:

Out: Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Monahan, Gudbranson, Jarnkrok
In: Huberdeau, Kadri, Weegar

(and of course more minor depth things, like Stone out, Rooney in, etc.)

I think short term, they're about as good as before, maybe even a bit better. Long term, Huberdeau's 8 year $10.5 mil AAV will almost certain become an albatross deal - he's 29, 30 when the deal starts. I assume Kadri is getting a huge, long contract too, that will also almost certain become an albatross deal (he's 31). Not sure if they'll re-sign Weegar, but if they do sign him to a big, long term contract, same. But hey, we're probably looking at:
- Next few years: cup contenders
- Few years after that: mediocre with little cap flexibility
- Few years after that: bad with little cap flexibility

But for a few years of contention, these contracts could be worth it. And obviously they were in a tough place with Gaudreau leaving for nothing, and Tkachuk wanting out, they really had to choose "rebuild" or "mortgage the future to contend now", and "mortgage the future to contend now" is a perfectly reasonably choice.

 

[viper0220]

CGY what are you doing?

This off season has been a roller coaster, no idea what comes next.

 

[GKJ]

Flames got dealt lemons this off-season, did a good job making lemonade. That is my analogy to this situation.

 

[seabass45]

Brilliant move for Calgary.

Lou gets what he deserves for playing hard ball with all GMs it seems

Are we certain that Lou was even in on this? He had a couple of opportunities to offload salary before cap space became super valuable and it didn’t happen. Then everyone assumed he would give up a first rounder to make this work. What if everyone was wrong here?

 

[KnuckChuckinTkachuk]

Called it in one of the predictions threads

Same.. I thought if Calgary still wanted to compete while losing Gaudreau/Tkachuk that signing Kadri to play with Lindholm and Huberdeau was the most logical choice. Happy for the Flames fans and the city of Calgary.

 

[Vitto79]

Kardi and Huberdeau in. not bad

 

[Pinto]

So the Kadri for Brodie trade happened

It just took a few extra steps!

Just came to post that, funny how it worked out.

 

[donghabs98]

Interesting summer for CGY...

Out: Tkachuk,Gaudreau
In: Huberdeau/Weegar/Kadri

Big question now is, are they better off with the moves?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Shannon nailed it like he always does.

Oh wait...

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

In 5-6 years we are gonna suckkkk. Makes sense with this roster though

 

[JPeeper]

For the love of f*** please don't be a shit contract, that's all I ask. He's going to be 32 to start the year, if you're giving him 7 years at least get the AAV down.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Big question now is, are they better off with the moves?

Yes. 100%

 

[WetcoastOrca]

You left out someone really big here

Or really small.

 

[TheNumber4]

Makes sense when you think about it. We all know Lou is a TOP SECRET GM, so it never made sense that Kadri signing would leak. That goes against his MO. The real classified Lou information was that he was secretly going to do NOTHING AT ALL.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Big question now is, are they better off with the moves?

I don't think so when it comes to offense, because even if they kept Tkachuk and Gaudreau, they probably would have been worse than last season. These two had, along with Lindholm, what is most likely a career year, and together, the three had some bonkers on-ice results that would have been very unlikely to repeat.

Defensively, Weegar is definitely a huge add.

 

[Voight]

Called this a couple weeks ago, even before the Huberdeau trade.

Hard to sell a rebuild to the fans so may as well try your best to compete.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Does this mean Monahan is out for the season?

No, they just need to clear his 6.375 M cap hit.

 

[Pyrophorus]

but....but....I was told he sucks.

 

[oXo Cube]

Flames lost their 2 best players this summer and at least short term they might come out of it better than they were.

Not convinced this was really the right road to go down, but either way you gotta respect the hustle.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Big question now is, are they better off with the moves?

Offense took a hit, Chucky is better than Kadri for sure, probably a 10g difference there at least. Hub and Johnny is a wash, personally like Hub better on that contract. Flames upgraded their defense, one of the best if not the best in the league now. Question is will some players like Dube step up and fill the offensive void or not. Overall I think they are as good or better than last year, just wont score as much.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Solid move to improve the team at least short term but we'll see what the contract looks like.

 

[BB88]

CGY what are you doing?

Calgary going all in.

On paper would be the best team in the West but damm it’s going to bite them

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Calling 6 x 9

Or 7 x 8.5