Avalanche pull off last-second trade deadline deal for Nazem Kadri

Over an hour after the NHL trade deadline passed, a deal leaked. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Colorado Avalanche completed a trade with the Calgary Flames for Nazem Kadri before the trade deadline bell rang. Kadri won the 2022 Stanley Cup in Colorado before signing with Calgary in free agency.

“Nazem Kadri back to the Colorado Avalanche,” Friedman reported exactly 60 minutes after the deadline passed. NHL’s Central Registry department has a queue, and a trade is valid as long as it is submitted to that queue before 3 p.m. After waiting in line and going through the review process, the trade was reported.

Rumors swirled that the Avalanche were looking for a Kadri reunion. But after Colorado traded for Nicolas Roy, it was reported that Flames ownership stopped a trade that sent Kadri to the Avs. When all was said and done, the Avalanche got their guy.

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