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JaredOfLondon

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Forum: Armchair-GM10 mars à 12 h 2
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WN88</b></div><div>The Kadri trade had nothing to do with his playoff suspensions. Once we signed Tavares, it didn't make any sense to have Kadri at 3C when our blueline was so rough. The trade not working out was unfortunate (Kadri refused to waive his NTC to CGY when we wanted Brodie). The cap being stagnant was also out of our control. I recognize that. But that doesn't change my feelings about the signing at the time it was made. Had we signed someone like Pietrangelo instead, it would've been fine, considering he would be addressing a significant position of need. You also fail to mention that Kadri won the Stanley Cup as a 2nd centre. I don't understand why it's so hard to see why signing an 11-million-dollar centre that we didn't need COULD be a major reason this team has never found significant success in the palyoffs. Even if the cap wasn't flat, he probably only brought like 1 season (18-19) that was worth his contract. He's been just below a point per game every single season since.</div></div>

the kadri trade had everything to do with the suspensions, He was an out and out liability and pretty much everyone agreed. He literally cost the leafs two series.
And again, if the leafs had signed pietroangelo instead of tavares it doesnt fix what was wrong with the team during any of the series save maybe the montreal one but that's because Pietro probably isnt in a spot to get his head taken off by Perry in a series that would have been solved in game 4 or 5 by having tavares/kadri able to score instead of hurt. But hey, maybe then Kadri gets hurt in the identical way and it plays out the same.
The Leafs issues until this season have boiled down to secondary scoring in literally every series. replacing tavares with kadri and adding a defender doesnt fix that.