will be celebrating his Stanley Cup win all summer long but first, he has some business to take care of.
The veteran centre is an unrestricted free agent and after his career year this season, a number of teams are expecting to bid for his services.“How could it not be?” he said on. “…The Kroenke’s have been great supporters of mine and made it clear to me that they’d like me to stay also but we understand that there’s a business aspect involved. We’re going to try to work together.”
Kadri, who will turn 32 just days before the puck drops next season, is coming off a six-year contract that carried a $4.5 million cap hit. The final year of his contract might have been his best yet, with 28 goals, a career-high 87 points and his first All-Star Game appearance. He then followed it up with big performances in the playoffs, including the overtime winner in Game 4 of the Final — his first game back from thumb surgery.
The Avalanche have a number of decisions to make with only seven forwards and one goalie under contract for next season, plus a pending pay raise for Nathan MacKinnon that still needs to be negotiated. Whether the team is able to make room for Kadri under the cap remains to be seen, but it’s clear the 13-year-veteran intends to make the most of this free-agent opportunity.You can listen to Kadri’s full interview with Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne, where he talks about his thumb injury and plans for his day with the Stanley Cup, in the audio player below., and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment.
FAN590 There’s no way Colorado’s offer is going to be the highest. I love kadri but teams are about to overpay for him.
FAN590 LOPN_Avalanche ShaggyVonDoom I agree with the 6-6.5mil for 4 years.
FAN590 How much will his AAV be? It’s gotta be upwards of 7 or 8 million considering the season he had
FAN590 He knows what he’s worth. Will still love him if we can’t keep him. It’s just business
FAN590 Kadri driving around Maple Leaf Square with the Cup would be like Maverick buzzing the tower!
FAN590 Yeh he is worth taking a discount and retiring to Toronto to make up for him ruining the playoff run for the leafs in back to back years and forcing Dubas to make a bad trade which costed the leafs another year. He owes the leafs HIS LIFE
FAN590 Sadly…….Kadri probably priced himself right off the team probably with his amazing season.
FAN590 1 year deal sorry Kadri..Just take it if you wanna be part of this dynasty!