[Rumour]. Zadorov in Chicago.. may not stick .

[SilentSam]

All speculation of course,  but could you imagine having the likes of Tryamkin and Zadorov on the same team ?

Nice to note the The Blackhawks were the last team we talked to regarding the interaction / trade we did for Highmore.

 

Sorry I couldn’t paste the link for some reason,    But it’s an interesting read :

 

 

Latest On Nikita Zadorov, Chicago Blackhawks

April 20th, 2021 at 8:30pm CST • By Zach Leach

The Chicago Blackhawks were reportedly listening to offers for defenseman Nikita Zadorov at the NHL Trade Deadline, but ultimately decided not to move him. However, that doesn’t mean that the two sides will stay together for much longer. As Ben Pope writesfor the Chicago Sun-Times, the Blackhawks have dropped some hints that they are not content with the big blue liner and time is running out for him to prove himself.

Zadorov, 25, is in his first season in Chicago after coming over from the Colorado Avalanche in the Brandon Saad trade this past off-season. The Blackhawks hoped that Zadorov would step into a lineup that was missing many difference-makers on the back end and would transform into a bona fide top pair defenseman. While Zadorov has still been impressive as a physical force and solid defender, there has not been much else to praise about Zadorov’s game this season. He has been firmly entrenched as a second-pair defender in terms of time on ice, is fifth in defensive scoring and even lower in per-game production, and is on pace for a career-high in giveaways, even in a shortened season. Zadorov has merely continued to play the same role in Chicago as he did in Colorado, that of a complementary stay-at-home defenseman. While that is not without value, it isn’t what was expected of the 2013 first-round pick and may not be worth the cost to the Blackhawks. The team has not-so-subtly expressed their frustration recently, acquiring a younger and similar style of defender in Riley Stillman and then making Zadorov a healthy scratch on deadline day after discussing him with other teams beforehand.

This off-season, Zadorov presents a number of challenges to Chicago. The impending restricted free agent will need a new contract, which at a minimum will require a $3.2MM qualifying offer. However, despite his underwhelming effort this season, Zadorov can probably argue for making more than that and has the option to file for arbitration to support that claim. The problem for the Blackhawks is that they have very few contracts coming off the books this off-season and are projected to have limited cap flexibility to make other moves. Retaining Zadorov at a higher number even further reduces that cap space without making a material change to their roster, which is only a fringe playoff team this season. A potential arbitration case makes using their cap space even more problematic. If the relatively young blue liner demands a long-term deal as well, that becomes an issue with a number of young players already pushing for play time. Beyond the actual contract, the only way that Chicago can ensure that they even retain Zadorov’s RFA rights beyond July 21 is to protect him in the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft. With Duncan Keith and Connor Murphy as virtual locks to be protecting, adding Zadorov to that group would mean exposing valuable veteran Calvin de Haan and the recently-acquired Stillman. Yet, if they don’t protect Zadorov he could very easily be selected and lost for nothing.

In order to avoid a difficult expansion decision and possible contract battle and arbitration case, the Blackhawks may decide to re-ignite trade talks for Zadorov once their season has come to an end. Until then, Pope notes that Zadorov will be given every chance to prove that he is worthy of a longer look in Chicago. With de Haan and Adam Boqvist currently injured and the Blackhawks fighting for a playoff spot, Zadorov has the chance to step up and finally show that he can be a complete top-four defenseman. If he succeeds, perhaps all of the off-season issues fall by the wayside in favor of keeping a rare physical specimen and good young defender at all costs. However, if he falters then the partnership between the Blackhawks and Zadorov could be coming to an end sooner rather than later.

[Junkyard Dog]

Seattle will pick him up. 

 

 

 

 

Edit: NVM not at 3.2 qualifying offer.

Edited April 28, 2021 by Junkyard Dog

[SilentSam]

1 minute ago, Junkyard Dog said:

Seattle will pick him up. 

still,  even if they did,  could be another move with him.

An interesting Summer it will be.

[King Heffy]

Hockey trade for Jake+.

Edited April 22, 2021 by King Heffy

[BCNate]

I'd love to get him in our lineup, not sure what it would take though.  

[Lancaster]

It would be pretty cool to have him paired with Tryamkin to make a Nikita-Nikita pairing.  

Th 6'7 255lbs Tryamkin having to watch out for his smaller partner Zadorov who is only 6'5 220lbs.  

[Phil_314]

Lol trade him and our 4th for Bowey.  It should be either him or Tryamkin, not both, since Rathbone might be coming up and we also can't afford Zadorov at his QO.

[Coconuts]

I just don't see us acquiring a guy with a high qualifying offer, it'd be one thing if we'd acquired him at the trade deadline and gotten a read on his play and how he meshes with the group but we didn't. Got enough cap shenanigans to figure out this coming offseason. 

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME]

Hawks should just give us Connor Murphy so they can free up a protection slot.  

[JeremyCuddles]

Righties my friends, we should be after righties. Vegas had a bunch of lefties as well, it's why they moved out Schmidt and brought in Pietrangelo. We already have Schmidt, Hughes, Juolevi and Rathbone that are all gonna need looks. That's not including potentially bringing Edler back. Tryamkin as well. Besides, we don't need nor should we want Russian Sbisa.

[Dazzle]

*ahem* I thought Chicago was good at maximizing the potential of their hockey players?

 

Or is that 'myth' going to get repeated by ignoring evidence?

[Canuck Surfer]

8 hours ago, SilentSam said:

Latest On Nikita Zadorov, Chicago Blackhawks

Zadorov would make a lot of sense if we did not re sign Edler after ED. 

 

Before Ed, I don't believe trading for him makes any sense whatsoever... A, granted less expensive, left handed version of Tyler Meier. With less offensive weapons.

[D-Money]

Not a fit. Edler still brings as much (if not more) to the table, and with NZ at $3.2M+, AE will probably cost about the same.

 

Hughes, Edler, Juolevi, Rathbone...how many lefties do we really need?

[73 Percent]

Not a fan. A bigger meaner benn. Not worth the assets or the dollars.

[Kobayashi Maru]

Zadorov would meet a need we definitely have, however that need will be met with Tryamkin next year.

[runtzguy]

Let Seattle take Myers, trade Zadorov for Virtanen and (someone), sign Tryamkin and Edler. Defence fixed.

[Provost]

The one thing we have going for us is extra protection slots on D.

We could pick up Zadorov pre-expansion draft and protect him, Schmidt, and Juolevi.  If Myers is exposed and picked up it gives us cap flexibility to add other pieces... if he isn't, then you can trade Schmidt post expansion to a team that just lost a top 4D.

Both Zadorov and Tryamkin play both sides and would add lots of flexibility to the lineup.  You can re-sign Edler if you lose Myers to expansion.  As much as Zadorov isn't a top pairing guy, he is certainly a top 4D and would come at a relatively decent cap hit of under $4 million.

Hughes-Hamonic
Juolevi/Rathbone-Zadorov
Edler-Tryamkin

or:

Hughes-Hamonic
Juolevi/Rathbone-Myers

Zadorov-Tryamkin

 

[Me_]

HUGHES - MYERS

TRYAMKIN - ZADOROV

JUOLEVI - HAMONIC

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by Me_

[morrissex95]

1 hour ago, Me_ said:

HUGHES - MYERS

TRYAMKIN - ZADOROV

JUOLEVI - HARMONIC

 

It's "Hamonic" not "Harmonic" you've got it wrong in your sig as well 

[Elias Pettersson]

Zadorov   Tryamkin  would be the scariest defensive partnership in the NHL.  Whichever side the forward chooses he's going to end up in the training room, or worse...