Dreger: There’s a market. I look at Colorado. I wouldn’t say that Nazem Kadri is the first guy on that list to add a centre in Colorado but they’re definitely interested. There’s been a fair amount of interest, but if you’re Craig Conroy, why wouldn’t you wait to see how the dust settles? You know, if you’re in that market for a centreman, aren’t you checking in on Vinnie Trocheck with the New York Rangers first? Aren’t you looking at what the Nashville Predators are doing with Ryan O’Reilly and some of the other centremen that should and could be available here?
Naz wants, he wants to move. Loves Calgary. Loves his experience in Calgary. But at this age, he wants to chase the Cup here. He wants to try to win, go to a playoff team, a Cup contending team. So he’s going to have wait a little while longer, but I mean, it’s more likely than not he gets traded.

Johnston: I just say, he’s got three years left, and that’s what makes him different from the other guys you mentioned there, Dregs. Trocheck’s younger. Ryan O’Reilly’s in the same age band but he’s only got one year left. Three years after this one are what scare teams. You know where the next conversation will go. Teams are always gonna go back to Calgary and say ‘Yeah, we’d take Kadri if you retained X amount of salary.’ I just can’t imagine the Flames really want to do that. Maybe at the eleventh hour that’s something they have to do to make a trade happen. I think trading him, lots of people love the player, but the contract and some of the things around that are gonna be what makes that a trickier deal than the ones you mentioned.