Leafs deal Kadri to Avs for Barrie, Kerfoot

Two veterans left handed the sole NHL teams they have played for, since the Colorado Avalanche obtained forward Nazem Kadri on Monday in a deal that sent defenseman Tyson Barrie to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Colorado also picked up a 2020 third-round draft pick and defenseman Calle Rosen . Toronto also got forward Alex Kerfoot along with a 2020 sixth-round selection. Additionally the Avalanche are retaining half of the $5.5 million cap hit the final period of Barrie’s contract.
Kadri conveys a cap hit of $4.5 million through each of the subsequent three seasons as part of a six-year, $27 million deal he signed up in April 2016, according to capfriendly.com.
Kadri, 28, played 10 seasons in Toronto, compiling 161 aims and 196 aids in 561 games.
„Nazem is a proven goal scorer and a ferocious competitor who plays in most scenarios,“ Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic said in a statement. „He’s under contract for another 3 seasons and will immediately fit right in as our second-line center and enhance our scoring depth.
Last season, he generated 16 goals and 28 assists in 73 games. But he had been suspended for the rest of the first round of the playoffs following cross-checking the Boston Bruins‘ Jake DeBrusk during Game 2. Toronto was removed in Game 7 of the series.
It was the spring in a row in. In April 2018, Kadri obtained a three-game ban for dressing Boston’s Tommy Wingels at Game 1 of a first-round series. As with the season, the Maple Leafs lost in seven games to the Bruins.
Barrie, 27, spent eight seasons with the Avalanche, setting up 232 assists and 75 aims. He had 14 goals and 45 assists in 78 games last season.
„We would like to thank Tyson for he has done both on and off the ice to the Avalanche business,“ Sakic said. „He made an impact not only with his drama but together with his charitable work in the local community. …
„With the arrival and emergence of Samuel Girard and Cale Makar, in addition to the current draft selection of Bowen Byram, we felt it was time to move in this course with Tyson’s contract expiring next summer.“
Kerfoot, 24, has played 157 NHL games, all in the past two seasons with the Avalanche. He had 19 goals and 24 assists as a rookie in 2017-18, then 15 goals and 27 assists in 2018-19.
Rosen, 25, appeared in four games for the Maple Leafs all the previous two seasons. He has one NHL goal and one assist.
–Field Level Media

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Leafs deal Kadri to Avs for Barrie, Kerfoot