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A trade between the Montreal Canadiens and the Calgary Flames, involving center Nazem Kadri, would be very ironic for Kent Hughes.At the time, Kent Hughes acquired Sean Monahan and a 2025 first-round pick for free, in exchange for future considerations.

But why did the Flames give up a first-round pick to the Montreal Canadiens just to get rid of Sean Monahan for free?

Well, it was because they absolutely wanted to sign Nazem Kadri as a free agent, and they didn’t have the cap space to do it.

So they immediately gave Monahan to Montreal to free up salary and sign Kadri.

Nazem Kadri available for free today from the Calgary Flames?

Everything indicates that the price to pay for Kadri today would be very minimal.

It’s incredible how much things can change in just a few years.

“The Flames want to get rid of Kadri’s contract right now, and the Canadiens would benefit from putting Kadri on the second line.

And if the Flames want us to absorb the full contract of Kadri, the full 7 million, it’s not going to cost anything.”

Imagine if, after being paid to acquire Sean Monahan for free in 2022, the Montreal Canadiens were to now acquire his replacement in Calgary, Nazem Kadri, for free!

In fact, he would only accept a trade to the Canadiens or the Toronto Maple Leafs.

That would be quite the “trade tree” for Calgary.

1- They trade a first-round pick to Montreal so the Habs will take on Sean Monahan’s contract, in order to replace him with Nazem Kadri.

2- Then they trade Nazem Kadri (for free or almost) to Montreal.

That would be incredible for Kent Hughes, but let’s wait and see what happens with this case.

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