Calgary Flames centre is too old, too expensive, has a troublesome track record and he’s absolutely detested in this market.

It seemed like a Halloween prank, meant to scare the bejeepers out of Habs fans everywhere by raising the spectre of Nazem Kadri like the Ghost of Christmas Past. Article content

Perhaps we should have a Rumour of the Week club for this sort of clickbait. This time, it came from the usually reliable Pierre LeBrun — and it’s destined to end up with all the others in the round file. Remember Ryan O’Reilly, anyone? Matt Duchene? Dylan Cozens? Mikael Granlund? Pierre-Luc Dubois? Trevor Zegras? Article content Article content

Total number of games they have played for the Canadiens to date? Zero.

Total number of games Kadri will play for the Canadiens in the futur

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