If Nazem Kadri was looking for a protracted-time period contract extension, he wasn’t going to get it.
If he was looking for a huge money bridge contract, he wasn’t going to get it.
The Toronto Maple Leafs had the restricted free agent by the Timbits; it was simply going to be a matter of when he bent to their will.
Turns out it was Tuesday: Kadri and the Leafs agreed to a 2-yr contract, assuring that that the talented center shall be in camp after his breakout 2013 season. Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet had the news. Bob McKenzie of TSN adopted with the financials: $2.9 million per season.
That’s barely more than what Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.Ok. Subban obtained after his contract squabble last season, signing for $2.875 million and clearly setting the market for Kadri – regardless of having a extra substantial work history than Kadri’s cups of espresso and lockout-shortened star season (44 points in forty eight games).
For Kadri, it was greatest to settle this factor earlier than he ended up missing vital time or getting vilified by media and fans for delaying the inevitable.
For GM Dave Nonis, getting Kadri in for under $three million before camp is spectacular. Now comes the heavy lifting: Determining learn how to pay defenseman Cody Franson with the Leafs’ remaining cap area, and/or making the required strikes to create extra.
Nazem Kadri agrees to 2-year deal with Maple Leafs, because what else could he do?
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