Contract Termination: [DET] Red Wings terminate contract of F Filip Zadina

[notsocommonsense]

I'll be stunned if he makes it to Philadelphia. I'll be annoyed if he makes it past us. He's probably not going to pan out, but we should absolutely be trying.

A bottom end team that isn’t going anywhere for a couple of years and has cap space to burn should def look pretty seriously at Zadina as a change of scenery guy.

Chicago has been giving away cap space like candy so it would make a lot of sense for them.

 

[Seider and Donuts]

Maybe he was talking about their AHL affiliates!

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Everyone will put a claim in lol

 

[FrozenKing18]

Anyone know how many pucks exactly went into Montreal and Ottawa's net?

 

[JimmyApples]

Brady Tkachuk vs Filip Zadina

who is the better prospect? Tkachuk went 2 spots higher but for me it’s Zadina ainec

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Lol

 

[Seider and Donuts]

Everyone will put a claim in lol

There are teams well over the cap already and others who aren't but have players to sign.

You might end up with a handful, but not nearly close to everybody.

 

[DaveG]

I remember everyone saying Carolina should take him and that they would be dumb not too lol.

TBF I think that was mostly fans of the teams picking immediately after Carolina hoping by some miracle of miracles the Canes would be dumb enough NOT to take the clear best forward in the draft (at the time, Tkachuk is that guy now) and making up convoluted reasons for us NOT to take Svech like the fact that Zadina played with Necas at the WJCs as if that's worth a f***.

 

[Ginger Papa]

At that production? 4th.

I really don't know that all is lost with the guy. But whatever he aint getting, he probably aint getting here.

It's a hard one to give up on because you don't want to look back in 5 years and say "Oh shit he's a 25-25 guy that plays really responsible hockey, and we waived him," but as he stands right now, there's been zero signs of that.

This is a very reasonable explanation, thank you. High Picks are obviously tough to give up on.

I always hope that these young players reach their potential, but perhaps he remodels his Game to become an effective bottom 6 player down the road, in another location.

As @norrisnick mentioned, maybe a sports psychologist can help in in his mental approach to the Game.

 

[notsocommonsense]

Everyone will put a claim in lol

A couple of years and a contract ago, sure. Def not now. Guy is making 1.8 and then 2.7 and turns 24 at the start of this season.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Everyone will put a claim in lol

No.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Every team in the league gonna put in a claim lol

I feel like I've seen this statement dozens of times over the years and most go unclaimed. I do agree that it would be shocking if Zadina goes through unclaimed.

 

[belair]

Anyone know how many pucks exactly went into Montreal and Ottawa's net?

One.

The guy does have some decent stats against Carolina though. Maybe they take a flyer on him.

 

[Kranix]

Shows you draft is crapshoot, even within the top 5-10 sometimes, as Zadina was a consensus top 5 pick in 2018.

 

[playasRus]

Surprised Chicago wouldn't take a 3rd round pick to take on 4M in salary over two years with potential to flip him if he rebounds into a young break out 40pt two way forward next year for another 2nd round pick or so.

 

[BLNY]

Still surprised that he hasn't been able to put it together. Looked like a 30/30 guy pretty easily.

 

[Coach Parker]

So this is about the time that the Prague Bruins put a claim in on him right? Try to pull a Zacha 2.0 and put him with Zacha and Pastrnak? Doesn't look like Krejci is coming back and Bertuzzi left as well.

Zadina - Zacha - Pastrnak

Czeching Line 2.0.

 

[Wats]

Just curious are habs still in rebuilding phase or are they looking to compete this upcoming season?

No one knows

 

[DaveG]

One.

The guy does have some decent stats against Carolina though. Maybe they take a flyer on him.

maybe if he's bought out and we can sign him to a two-way league minimum deal

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Per Yzerman Zadina requested a trade thru his agent. Yzerman couldn't find a trade so he put him on waivers.

 

[MMC]

 

[Guy Larose]

 

[Cubs2024wildcard]

Surprised Chicago wouldn't take a 3rd round pick to take on 4M in salary over two years with potential to flip him if he rebounds into a young break out 40pt two way forward next year for another 2nd round pick or so.

I doubt the Hawks are taking on another bust. Bowman isn't running things any more.

I'm sure Zadinas family is telling him to pack up his things and come back home because there's a new delicatessen opening up down the street and he can put those hockey skills into slicing ham that's on sale.

The guys washed and from the looks of an article and tweet here had only one actual fan who believed in the hype.

Generational meat slicer

 

[shaner8989]

Absolute bust. Drafts are crap shoots

 

[ShelbyZ]

Yzerman also pretty much explained the contract that "he (Zadina) wanted" is what's keeping him from going to another team.

 

[Seider and Donuts]

VAN fans really the only ones who can laugh here.

MTL reached for KK. Then didn't match him. Then used that pick to take a guy with some personal issues who openly said don't draft me.

OTT didn't take Zadina, but still took a consensus Top 4 player at number 4, so nothing risked there.

AZ reached hard for Hayton because the OG Stat Boy (Chayka) loved his metrics.

DET was pegged to take Hughes and had what they perceived as a consensus Top 4 fall in their laps.

It's VAN that gets to laugh for Hughes suddenly being hot-potatoed to them.