Before the melancholy moment arrived when James van Riemsdyk would have to leave, to pack up and move away from the city he had come to love, there were matters to be settled. One of those involved a claim made by Nazem Kadri, the Toronto Maple Leafs forward who had recently taken to social media to paint himself as an expert dressing room DJ.



“He has his little niche of songs that he would always play, and guys would love to give him a hard time about that,” van Riemsdyk said. “He couldn’t change the mood. He’s not a guy you want DJ-ing before morning skate.”



Kadri’s playlist was welcome in the final moments before a game, he said: “But if you’re like, after a practice, wanting to kind of chill out, he’s doesn’t have anything — he’s got one level.”



He smiled: “We like to give him a hard time.”



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