{"id":441552,"date":"2026-02-02T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441552\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:19:10","slug":"latest-on-nazem-kadri-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441552\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Nazem Kadri \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading up to the trade deadline, Nazem Kadri<\/a> of the Calgary Flames remains a speculative trade candidate for contending teams. However, the Montreal Canadiens, who have been frequently linked to Kadri in recent months, have cooled their interest in the former Stanley Cup champion over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

In a new article<\/a>, Marco D\u2019Amico of RG Media indicates that this perceived lack of interest from Montreal isn\u2019t due to Kadri specifically, but rather to the growing flexibility inside the organization. D\u2019Amico added that the Canadiens believe Oliver Kapanen<\/a>, who has 17 goals and 30 points in 55 games this season, has become a legitimate top-six option down the middle and that Phillip Danault<\/a> has stabilized the rest of the center core.<\/p>\n

As Montreal approaches the deadline, D\u2019Amico believes that it is far likelier the team will look to add a top-six winger to put next to Cole Caufield<\/a> and Nick Suzuki<\/a> on the first line. However, pursuing Kadri isn\u2019t completely off the table, either. D\u2019Amico confirmed that the Canadiens are not on Kadri\u2019s no-trade list.<\/p>\n

Regardless of Montreal\u2019s internal growth, there are still benefits of adding a player of Kadri\u2019s caliber to a relatively young roster. The 35-year-old center has scored 19 goals and 44 points in 52 games across seven postseason trips, and played an integral part in the Colorado Avalanche\u2019s Stanley Cup title in 2022. However, it\u2019s not difficult to ascertain their lack of urgency. In fact, that lack of urgency may lead to a better price for the Canadiens if Kadri\u2019s market completely bottoms out.<\/p>\n

Still, that\u2019s a long shot from Montreal\u2019s perspective. Further down the article, D\u2019Amico suggested that the Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, and Minnesota Wild remain interested in acquiring Kadri in varying degrees. There is no word on whether those teams are on Kadri\u2019s no-trade list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading up to the trade deadline, Nazem Kadri of the Calgary Flames remains a speculative trade candidate for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5103],"tags":[26,265,29,93,5,38,264,21,5147,2054,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-441552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-calgary-flames","9":"tag-canadiens","10":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","11":"tag-detroit-red-wings","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-minnesota-wild","14":"tag-montreal","15":"tag-montreal-canadiens","16":"tag-montrealcanadiens","17":"tag-nazem-kadri","18":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116001712623077286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}