{"id":8106,"date":"2022-08-23T12:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=8106"},"modified":"2022-08-24T05:42:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:42:55","slug":"kadri-excited-to-share-stanley-cup-experience-with-the-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/kadri-excited-to-share-stanley-cup-experience-with-the-flames","title":{"rendered":"Kadri Excited to Share Stanley Cup experience with the Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nazem Kadri has signed a seven year deal worth close to $50 million with the Calgary Flames.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After over a month of being a free agent, the buzz surrounding the signing of Nazem Kadri by the Calgary Flames has expectations high as the Flames look to improve their chances at winning a Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a recent media conference, Kadri, who had to deal with the ups and downs of free agency, said one of the reasons he chose to sign with Calgary was he was attracted to the direction the team is taking and the idea of playing in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of the league’s top free agency players during the off-season, Nazem Kadri<\/a> took his time deciding which team to sign with before inking a seven year deal with the Flames. A big part of that came down to the Flames needing to trade Sean Monahan so they could free up the salary cap space needed to sign Kadri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s certainly an elaborate process. The patience definitely did me some good,” said Kadri during a media conference call on Friday. Calgary was always a team that was interested from Day 1. It was definitely a tricky process, there was some decisions to be made. Obviously, I am a Canadian boy and I love the country of Canada and the city of Calgary but what was more important was the direction of the team.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At 31, Kadri joins MacKenzie Weegar and Johnathan Huberdeau, the three of whom are part of a massive makeover for the Calgary Flames <\/a>after Matthew Tkachuk and Johnny Gaudreau opted to leave the organization. During the conference call, Kadri mentioned that he was impressed the Flames were able to retain their competitiveness considering everything that had happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s alarming to anybody when you lose players of that magnitude,” said Kadri. “But I think Brad (Flames GM Brad Treliving) has done a great job getting some return and valuable players obviously Huberdeau and Weegar who were a part of a great team last year.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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