....No don't sign Z.
He is no good because he is not both tiny and fleet.
Best to let Z and Lindholm walk and to instead sign older, less impactful defensemen and plumbers on the 4th line.
They need to resist setting new standards for performance and revert to the good old days of getting pushed around in every Rink from here to Kalamazoo and having a crappy terd line...
Self-appointed Experts/influencers weighing in to lead us yet again:Jim please, you're not even the GM anymore! Get the hell OUT of here!
Security!
Toronto is who you're worried about?I'd be very afraid of a team like Toronto offering silly $ for him if they have to blow their team up. So therefore I am forced to root for the Leafs in the short term...
This guy is a bonafide UNICORN, of course your vancouver canucks have to sign him.The real question for the Canucks is whether Zadorov's play is just a blip and he will fall back to being a bottom pairing defensemen, or whether he has developed into a top four defensemen. If the Canucks think its the latter, then absolutely they should lock him up given that he just turned 29, is huge and physical, and is a great skater for his size. As an aside, he also seems well liked and seems to be a great teammate.
Thanks goodness you are not in charge of cap management for the Canucks!I'm getting a LOC to give this fella 5 years at 6M.....
Anyone else want to pool in?
And both are prone to take unnecessary penalties at inappropriate times...as Joshua showed us again last night. Reasonable players but not worth breaking the bank to sign.Zadorov and Joshua are two guys who bring that gritty X Factor that you simply have to retain. I hope we are able to.
Toronto is who you're worried about?
I'm worried about Shitcago, San Jose or Anaheim deciding to overpay for him to be that tough d-man on the back end to protect their kids.
Z makes everyone bigger on our team having him scares the crap outta people. He's also a great person from what I've seen and teammates love him. Sign this guy priority 1 this summer.
this is huge, no pun intended
imagine if we’d had a zadorov in the ballard/rome spot in 2011, instead of relying on bieksa, god love him, to anchor our toughness
Well at this stage Myers' attractiveness would be that he's a RHD coming off a solid season who isn't going to command a long term contract. So his options are likely a 1 year contract at a higher AAV vs a 2 year contract at less. Maybe a team gives him 3? It's hard to say. Ian Cole, for example, has been signing one year contracts.The money Myers asks for is criminal. Also, like I said before, our coach and management all love the hell of Myers, while at the same time circulating rumors that Zad will be too expensive. At this point the possibility of them signing Myers before even talking to Zad seems pretty high, no?
The real question for the Canucks is whether Zadorov's play is just a blip and he will fall back to being a bottom pairing defensemen, or whether he has developed into a top four defensemen. If the Canucks think its the latter, then absolutely they should lock him up given that he just turned 29, is huge and physical, and is a great skater for his size. As an aside, he also seems well liked and seems to be a great teammate.
Zadorov is ranked by scouts as a second pairing defence man, P3 ranking meaning #3 guy.Agreed. I think given what he's capable of at his best, he's a solid #4. If he was more consistent this wouldn't be a discussion. The money/contract he is looking for though is more along the lines of a premier shutdown Dman. I'm comfortable giving him a 4-5 year contract but AAV is a sticking point. In the last two seasons, Zadorov has been a premium 3rd pairing defenseman who throws punishing hits and puts up surprising goal totals. In the 3rd pairing usage he's been utilized in he has basically been elite.
But again, given what he's capable of at his best, I'm comfortable paying him top 4 money to be a 2nd pairing Dman. From what I've seen, Zadorov's floor isn't that low. It's not as low as Myers.
They need to let Gen Z walk.
They can't build around a 29 year old DMan who probably only has 8 good years left.
It also doesn't help the Tank if they keep him.