Nazem Kadri’s Wednesday night will start with a silver stick ceremony.

Nobody will be surprised if he’s centre stage as the evening ends, either.

It’s sort of what Kadri is known for. Being in the mix when the moment is biggest.

If the Calgary Flames and Columbus Blue Jackets are battling in the final moments of Kadri’s 1,000th game, you can expect him to be right in the middle of the action.

“He’s a guy who wants to be out there in the last minute,” Flames GM Craig Conroy said. “Whether you’re up a goal or down a goal, he wants to be the difference-maker and that’s the mentality you need to have. You don’t want to be nervous on the bench, you want to be like ‘Coach, put me out there.’“

Being a gamer has been Kadri’s calling card since long before he signed a seven-year deal with th

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