IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR NIKITA ZADOROV AND THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…

IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR NIKITA ZADOROV AND THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…

[Music] yeah you know what thinking about it now I think it was a good decision to go out there and split these two topics into separate videos about an hour ago on the channel we had discussed the idea of the Vancouver conu signing defenseman Brendan Dylan and that was a pretty fun video we talked about a guy that I happen to like a lot as a shot blocking physical defenseman and now what I wanted to do was talk about the guy that he could be replacing because if you were the biggest Nikita zadorov truther out there I hate to say it but things may not be looking all too good in regards to Z and the Vancouver Canucks now we had ourselves a new update from earlier yesterday on Nikita zadorov this is what Dolly Wall Sports went out there and said on the Donnie and Dolly show the Vancouver Canucks and agent Dan milstein are not talking right now but as I’ve said for a while the Vancouver can no milstein’s ask before the playoffs the two sides talked and it went nowhere with milstein rejecting the Vancouver conects offer now at this point if we combine this information with what we had talked about a little bit ago people are thinking that 5 to 7 years for zadorov gets it done close to $6 million a season Dolly ball says I don’t think the Canucks can do that it really starts to paint a picture as to whether or not this guy has the actual likelihood of coming back and I think a lot of Canucks fans are sort of feeling that as well you know I don’t think there are many Canuck fans that are thinking about this situation saying yeah no I’m confident 110% confident that they’re going to bring back Nikita zadorov like sure if you’re a casual fan who doesn’t understand much about the salary cap and how that works and what room you have and how much you have to spend then okay great I can understand blind hope and optimism there but anybody who’s looking at the situation talking about what zadorov has done how much he could get on his next deal because of the crazy good playoffs that he had it’s really starting to look more and more like the guy might have priced himself out of Vancouver and that’s awesome for zadorov like totally great for him to go out there and get that bag elsewhere but for Patrick gvin and Rutherford sometimes that ruthless nature is what you need to be able to progress a hockey team forward it’s almost like yeah you can’t have any emotional sentimental attachments to your players you can’t be giving anybody any special treatment it’s just hey we have this amount if you want more you’re gone we’re not going to try to make it work try to fit you into the system because we want to keep you so badly if you are outside our preference then you’re not it like you have to be picky in building a Stanley Cup Championship caliber team and for big Z while it is true that this guy might have just exhibited the best Vancouver conu defense glow up we have seen in years the guy had Swagger he played with Pace he scored some huge goals at the end of the day there are reasons why the Vancouver Canucks could not commit the money and term to him that he would like let’s go out there and talk so zadorov as we had said had 14 points in 54 games played this season with the kanaks eight points in 13 games in the playoffs he was an absolute monster and quite frankly I don’t think the Canucks ever saw what a lot of flames and Colorado Avalanche fans would say was the worst of Nikita zadorov where sometimes he would have these brain fart moments he would make Tyler Meers like defensive mistakes and he might make some bad turnovers and reads the Canucks didn’t really see much of that and the question then becomes okay is what we saw in the playoffs more of what zadorov is versus what we had seen in the regular season or is there another version of zadorov that exists that we just didn’t see at all and the Canucks will see if they commit five six years to him they just didn’t see it because he only spent a very limited amount of time here for all intents and purposes if you want to talk about a contract year you want to talk about a guy making the right moves at the right time and being the best version of himself at the right time Nikita zadorov did that like he was near perfect for his own standards towards the end of the season and the playoffs I mean the guy would make some nice dangles to get out of defensive situations the guy could dangle around guys and skate the puck out himself he was not afraid to take on attackers head-on and that’s a quality that while it looks good when it works these are the moments where if Nikita Zadora fumbles a breakout that he’s trying to do he tries to dangle by a guy and it doesn’t work then all of a sudden he gets burned it’s a two-on-one and the pck is in the back and that the other way these are like the Tyler Myers’s moments that we have talked about ever since the dwar was acquired by the Vancouver Canucks hey this guy kind of exist some sort of a hot potato danger grenade scenario situation with his game but when it works when the moments that he has actually work in the way he thinks they should they look great and he’s a fantastic player fantastic ad and he’s not afraid to shoot the PAC on goal and he gets it by goalies he was able to score four goals in that playoff run but again is that enough to justify the huge price tag I’d say that for the regular season Nikita zadorov was more so just kind of fine like he just ascended to a new level in the playoffs but in the regular season he was just kind of okay is it worth it to pay5 plus million $6 million a year for a guy who’s okay for 82 games in a regular season and beastly in the playoffs I mean we had seen earlier in the playoff run that yeah Tyler Myers was in a way justifying that $6 million aav with his postseason performance so maybe you could make that argument but then again Tyler Myers burned the team for years so is that really what the kcks want to do here when committing to Nikita zadorov especially if that five six seveny year $6 million aav price tag would be able to get it done for some other team on the free agent market for big Z himself while it is true that the fans really liked him he liked the fans the team really liked him he was just such a good dude in that locker room it seemed like is that enough of an incentive to overpay for a guy and keep him around for the majority of his early 30s and as well as we had said in the last video to be the third pairing left-handed defenseman I mean if you want to talk about left-handed D Quinn Hughes Carson Susi and then Nikita zadorov or Brendan Dylan or whomever Carson Susi isn’t cheap himself he’s making 3 point something mil Quinn Hughes of course making 7.8 so the Vancouver Canucks having themselves their own cap situation on the left side is there really room to commit an extra $6 million a year to a second or a third pairing defenseman this is why the Brendon Dylan argument makes so much sense to me because it’s like yeah you could just behind this guy who is a physical shot blocking machine I’d say he’s a lot safer defensively than Nikita zadorov but not as good offensively and he’ll probably be cheaper he also wants to come here via the interview he did on Donnie and doly so is that just not more of a preferable Target here use some of the extra cap savings you could get from not signing zadorov and signing Dylan instead to get yourself some extra depth forwards that could be the next Dakota Joshua I just think there’s a smarter way to navigate this if Nikita zador is not going to get that price tag lowered especially since the newest update said yeah know the Canucks are not really talking with Dan milstein they know the ask they know what he wants but they’re just not really engaging in conversations especially since the earlier conversations during the season zidor ob’s Camp already rejected so yeah know it’s not looking good if I had to label the odds like it really just boils down to how much you feel the Vancouver conu will be willing to commit that money to him in lie of committing that money to other players that might be more helpful in other of the team I’d say honestly I’m leaning like 25 to 30% chance that sidorov comes back like if he does come back then okay look I’d like it he’s an awesome player but there are check marks that we have to go through acknowledging okay is this zadorov in the playoffs the zadorov that we’re signing or is this just a flash in the pan for a playoff run and he’ll only be this good in the playoffs and for 82 games in the regular season he’ll just be okay to Mid at best like I don’t know man it’s tough so let me know your thoughts in the comment section below about the entire Nikita zorov conversation do you think this is a more appropriate addition to the 2425 roster than a guy like Brendan Dylan let me know your thoughts in the comments section below I hope you enjoyed this vsh asash roll 99 and bye [Music] [Music]

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We’re talking about Vancouver Canucks d-man Nikita Zadorov, and how it’s not looking good if you were hoping the team re-signs him.

This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom

This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.

Nikita Zadorov was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2013 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:

1st – Colorado Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon
2nd – Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov
3rd – Tampa Bay Lightning, Jonathan Drouin
4th – Nashville Predators, Seth Jones
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Elias Lindholm
6th – Calgary Flames, Sean Monahan
7th – Edmonton Oilers, Darnell Nurse
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Ristolainen
9th – Vancouver Canucks (from New Jersey Devils), Bo Horvat
10th – Dallas Stars, Valeri Nichushkin
11th – Philadelphia flyers, Samuel Morin
12th – Phoenix Coyotes, Max Domi
13th – Winnipeg Jets, Josh Morrissey
14th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Alexander Wennberg
15th – New York Islanders, Ryan Pulock
16th – Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild), Nikita Zadorov
17th – Ottawa Senators, Curtis Lazar
18th – San Jose Sharks (from Detroit Red Wings), Mirco Mueller
19th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from New York Rangers), Kerby Rychel
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from San Jose Sharks), Anthony Mantha
21st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Frederik Gauthier
22nd – Calgary Flames (from St. Louis Blues), Emile Poirier
23rd – Washington Capitals, Andre Burakovsky
24th – Vancouver Canucks, Hunter Shinkaruk
25th – Montreal Canadiens, Michael McCarron
26th – Anaheim Ducks, Shea Theodore
27th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles Kings), Marko Dano
28th – Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh Penguins), Morgan Klimchuk
29th – Dallas Stars (from Boston Bruins), Jason Dickinson
30th – Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Hartman

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