Morning Skate: Deals
A busy Thursday. Friday! The second-last Friday in August. Enjoy it as you can, September looms. It was an uncharacteristically busy August Thursday in NHL circles yesterday, with the kind of news/moves you usually see in July. UFA #1 Nazem Kadri finally ended his courtship dance, signing with the Calgary Flames for a $7 million AAV. Then, those same Calgary Flames traded oft-injured Sean Monahan to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a compensation package that took NASA analysts years to understand. Basically, Montreal is accepting Monahan’s cap hit for this year and maybe getting a first-round pick in return?…
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