Yes, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis is willing to trade Nazem Kadri. No, he's not trying to trade Kadri.If you find that confusing, if not counterintuitive, hey, don't worry about it because it is Saahdiq Charles Jersey .Nonis was speaking on TSN 1050 on Thursday afternoon. He was asked directly if he was willing to trade Kadri, the team's most talented center, and answered thusly, according to a :"I think it's easy to say that Kadri is struggling but he's having Washington Commanders Kids Jersey a decent year. It's not like he's not putting up points. Last year he was producing against other teams' 2nd and 3rd lines. This year he is playing against better players Kadri and (Jake) Gardiner's names are brought up quite a bit, so is (Morgan) Rielly's. We'd be willing to trade Kadri. There's a difference between willing to and trying to. If the right deal comes up we would do it."And that's the rub for Nonis; sure, Kadri, at 23, is dealing with a down-tick in production. After a 44-point season last year in 48 games, he's at 27 (11 goals, 16 Kyle Allen Jersey a sists) through 45 games. ; he was aided last year by Toronto's high shooting percentage with him on the ice at even strength (15.2 percent), which meant more points. That's swung in the other direction this year, to 7.4 percent. That's a bit below the league average, around 8 percent.From a le s quantifiable standpoint, and within the context of the Leafs as a team, Kadri is the most offensively gifted center in a center-starved organization. He's also still quite young. In Kendall Fuller Jersey short, he's the exact sort of player Toronto needs, and unle s they move him as part of a deal for a blue-chip, better-than-him center, it's tough to see how a move would make sense.So sure, Nonis can be willing to trade Kadri for a really, really good center. (Whether he's wise to Daron Payne Jersey say that on the radio is another i sue entirely). But for the good of his team, he shouldn't be too quick on the trigger, because "the right deal" isn't going to be easy to find. Most teams like to hold on to their own really, really good centers.