{"id":26931,"date":"2025-07-27T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26931\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:15:09","slug":"canadiens-just-got-the-chance-to-pull-off-a-nightmare-trade-that-would-haunt-the-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26931\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Just Got the Chance to Pull Off a Nightmare Trade That Would Haunt the Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>PUBLICATION<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/collaborators\/l.-honein\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L. Honein<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 26, 2025\u00a0\u00a0(9:41 PM)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/582310.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Canadiens and Maple Leafs Logos\" title=\"Canadiens and Maple Leafs Logos\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: NHL<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few days, a new name has emerged in trade rumors, and Kent Hughes may have a golden opportunity to stick it to the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>He would be open to being traded here, and according to several Toronto journalists and observers, it would be a nightmare for the Maple Leafs if it actually happened.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Nazem-Kadri-13161\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Nazem Kadri profile and hockey stats\">Nazem Kadri<\/a> by the Montreal Canadiens would be a nightmare for the Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans<\/p>\n<p>That deal quickly turned into a disaster for Toronto, and fans hated it &#8211; but imagine if, years later, Kadri came back and helped the Montreal Canadiens defeat the Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Kadri is on the trade market, this presents a major opportunity for Kent Hughes and his team.<\/p>\n<p>Nazem Kadri, 34 years old, recorded 67 points last season with the Calgary Flames, and 75 points in 82 games during the 2023-2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>His contract, paying him $7 million per year, runs through 2029 and could definitely cool the interest of some teams.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, at the right price, I truly believe he could be an incredible solution &#8211; for about two seasons &#8211; to fill the Canadiens&#8217; long-standing hole at second-line center.. and I would love to see him eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs!<\/p>\n<p>Previously on HabsFanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>1 HOUR AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0216 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens Just Got the Chance to Pull Off a Nightmare Trade That Would Haunt the Maple Leafs<\/p>\n<p>Would you trade Kirby Dach + a 2nd round pick for Nazem Kadri and his full contract?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLICATION L. Honein July 26, 2025\u00a0\u00a0(9:41 PM) Photo credit: NHL Over the past few days, a new name&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,762,48,743,8463,448,17457,82,746,8464],"class_list":["post-26931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-calgary-flames","tag-canada","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nazem-kadri","tag-nhl","tag-rumour","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-transaction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}