One of the last things Hull said about Kadri was, “he’s still getting suspended for stupid…plays. He played just over a game and a half in their 2020-21 playoff run but definitely made up for it last season winning the Cup. Hull may have been more right with his take saying, “he (Kadri) certainly screwed the Avalanche over the year before they won it.” This is because this time Kadri was the second line centre, a more impactful and important role.
Since Kadri was one of the only players who would actually raise the intensity and physicality on the team, some of the pressure surely got to him. The Boston Bruins were a heated rival of the Maple Leafs and the games needed to be played hard. The Stanley Cup drought is much longer than that as the franchise hasn’t won since 1967. The Maple Leafs have lost six consecutive series-clinching games and haven’t even won a playoff round since 2003-04. He made a bold statement that “he (Kadri) may have cost the (Toronto Maple) Leafs a Stanley Cup.” Considering they haven’t been able to get out of the first round regardless of who’s in their lineup and who they’re playing, that’s a stretch to think they could have then won three more rounds.
Hull went into a bit more detail recalling some of what Kadri did in the past. But he has stated, “that’s how I play – I play on the edge, I play intense, I play passionate, emotional.” Kadri Hasn’t Made the Smartest Plays in the Heat of the Moment All of his issues have come in the postseason and he has let his feelings get the better of him in the past.
Slight movements can change the outcome of a hit and injure a player. Sometimes with physicality, some hits and plays don’t go the way anyone wants them to. Nazem Kadri, Colorado Avalanche ( Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
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