Canucks Agree to Terms with Vasily Podkolzin on a Two-Year Contract

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1. What are the fuckin terms!?

   I’m excited either way. This could be our next Hoggy deal where it will look like a steal by the middle of next season, depending on the AAV.

2. Probably similar to the holglander deal which is amazing

3. $1M AAV x 2 years. Per [LeBrun](https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1780983667692572791?t=z4VL5OeO3bs39Rw3w_ttqg&s=19)

   Edit: One way per [Dhaliwal](https://twitter.com/DhaliwalSports/status/1780985177650717076?t=XXtQ6PUUbcmr057eyCmOPA&s=19)

4. Great deal for us!

5. I think this deal is about to look pretty incredible. Podz is my dark horse candidate to be a playoff hero.

6. Niiice

7. Vasily help win cup with team friendly deal, easy choice

8. It’s 1M x 2 years

9. Awesome

10. That is incredible news

11. Let’s go podzy!!!

12. That is 8 Vasily Podkolzins for the price of one Jack Hughes lol

13. What the hell. I was looking at capfriendly last night for the hell of it and I was just like “pods is probably gonna sign for 1 million for 2 years like hog basically”

14. I like this approach to developing prospects. Same thing we did with Aman, same thing with Hogs… Sign into a 2 year 1 way once they become waiver eligible, have them cheap as they take their big step to the big league. This is a solid piece of business right here that doesn’t reek of Benning’s insistence to rush to the NHL.

15. 1M AAV?? Sign me up!

16. It’s silly how good this deal is about to look

17. A Höglander type deal. I hope he breaks out too.

18. Worked with hogs 🤷‍♂️

19. He scored 14 as 21 year old.

    20 next year shouldn’t be out of the question.

20. This makes me so happy . So stoked for pods . Honestly i know he was a top ten draft pick and he hasn’t panned out the way ppl were thinking he might .

    But to see him spend all last year down in Abbotsford and most this year putting his head down and learning to be better … and to see the very visible tonal shift in his play when he came back has been a really nice thing to watch unfold . To see him be noticeably making really nice defensive reads and playing a heavy game and being really defensively responsible game in and out in a 4th line role has been great .
    And 1 x 2 is great value moving forward . Was just saying to my self the other day how cool this must be for him that his hard work has paid off and he’s rewarded for it with play off hockey and a 2 year contract . Wouldn’t be surprised to see pods have an important impact this post season.

21. I like podz, but people acting like this is some discount is silly. How much was he really going to ask for?

22. Let’s go Podz!!

23. Another big win

24. Nice. How would you guys rate his play this season?

25. Love it, With his profile, if he hits he could easily be a top 6 player. He’s never going to be a high point producer, but I can easily see him being a complimentary top line winger. Big body, dig out pucks, throw the body around, and enough skill and smarts to connect play with top end players. Would’ve liked to see a 3rd year on the deal

26. Podz has put in the work, shown very well in Abbotsford and appears to be on the Hoglander path. Love this signing.

27. A no risk contract. If he doesn’t grow, he can be an effective crash and bang fourth liner. That’s fine for $1m AAV. If he grows, particularly in his offensive game, this contract becomes a bargain fast.

28. He is definitely going to find a role on the team with that cap hit.

29. I was just thinking that this was due to happen soon