{"id":548703,"date":"2026-04-09T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548703\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:03:36","slug":"kadri-chatfield-predators-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548703\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadri, Chatfield, Predators \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colorado Avalanche shared that<\/a> Nazem Kadri<\/a> wouldn\u2019t return against St. Louis as a result of an upper-body injury. It was not immediately evident where the ailment occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since returning to the Avs at the trade deadline, Kadri has served a middle six role, few teams offering a player of his caliber at third line center. In 15 games so far he\u2019s recorded nine points, clearly no longer the elite scorer at age 35, but a strong player nonetheless.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kadri\u2019s corsi for at five-on-five expectedly jumped to 55%, although his 52% mark in Calgary was already admirable on a struggling team as opposed to the league\u2019s best. Fully evident of his role change, he\u2019s starting just under 52% of shifts in the defensive zone under head coach Jared Bednar<\/a>, a drastic flip from his nearly 67% on the attack as a Flame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With this in mind, Kadri plays a crucial role with match-ups, should the Avalanche go on a deep run this spring. Postgame updates will be watched closely, with the hope that he\u2019ll be good to go for the club\u2019s next game, Thursday, as they host his former team of the Flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere across the league:<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour had no postgame update on Jalen Chatfield<\/a>, noted by Cory Lavalette of The North State Journal<\/a>. The defenseman left in the third period, bothered with a lower-body injury, and didn\u2019t return. Carolina clinched their Metropolitan Division crown with a back-and-forth overtime win over Boston, but it would be costly if they lost Chatfield for any extended period. At age 29, the shutdown man is averaging over 20 minutes for the first time in his career, continuing to show outstanding possession metrics in a real second pairing role. The Canes will hope Chatfield is back for one of their four remaining regular season games, as soon as Thursday in Chicago.\u00a0
\nInsider Frank Seravalli of Frankly Hockey believes the Nashville Predators will explore former Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald<\/a> as a candidate, as noted in the April 7 edition of the podcast<\/a>. Fired by New Jersey<\/a> just yesterday, Seravalli suspects that the timing was with this in mind. The 57-year-old is a natural fit with the Predators, having served as their inaugural captain, playing alongside current head coach Andrew Brunette<\/a>, under the departing general manager Barry Trotz<\/a>, no less. Fitzgerald stands out as a candidate with over five years of general manager experience at the NHL level, a trait favorable compared to other options. The Predators are thought to be seeking an entirely new voice, but at the very least, Fitzgerald will garner consideration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche shared that Nazem Kadri wouldn\u2019t return against St. Louis as a result of an upper-body…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29,144,5,402,1447,231,2054,4,404,3502],"class_list":{"0":"post-548703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","9":"tag-colorado-avalanche","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-injury","12":"tag-jalen-chatfield","13":"tag-nashville-predators","14":"tag-nazem-kadri","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-snapshots","17":"tag-tom-fitzgerald"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116374654428800171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548703","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=548703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}