Nazem Kadri can buy a bigger house somewhere else in the NHL, but he’ll never have a better home than what he found here in Denver, where folks wrapped him in love.
So rather than slam the door on Kadri, as his eyes wandered around the league for a huge pay day, new Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland wisely left the lights on for him, just in case Kadri decides love might actually be worth more than money.
“Never say never,” McFarland said shortly before the dinner hour on Wednesday, after NHL players and teams pigged out on the all-day buffet that is free agency.