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Nazem Kadri's Stock Growing
Nazem Kadri has had a very interesting career, for both good and bad reasons. Many believed Kadri is a liability especially in the playoffs due to his past mistakes.
However Kadri would ignore doing the dirty stuff and just play hockey and would have the best season of his career.
Kadri managed to get his career high in points finished in the top 10 in points in the entire league and help the Colorado Avalanche win their first Stanley Cup in 21 years.
Kadri will now being on fire heads into his first free agency of his career. It's been reported today that four teams are very interested in Kadri. They are the Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, the Washington Capitals and the Ottawa Senators.
However expect the Montreal Canadiens to make a pitch for Kadri also being Kadri grew up a Canadiens fan this could be a dream come true to play for his childhood team.
Kadri would score 28 goals and 59 assists in 71 games for the Avalanche this season. Kadri made $4.5 million dollars this season and will be looking for a significant raise, some insiders revealing clubs are willing to offer upwards of $10 million.
