[Canucks] “General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks have acquired D Nikita Zadorov from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft (acquired from CHI) and a third-round pick in 2026.”
General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks have acquired D Nikita Zadorov from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft (acquired from CHI) and a third-round pick in 2026.
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 30, 2023
by TL10
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Pretty underwhelming return to me. Especially in division.
We got him for a 3rd, and he’s only improved since then.
Sounds about right
FFS. This is terrible.
So basically a slim Jim, a piece of 5 gum, and a bag of used pucks, Cool!
Remember, we paid Chicago a 3rd to get him in the first place.
Fine by me 👍🏼
Absolutely fleeced. And to a division rival at that.
Yeah, that’s awful by Conroy. Should’ve just held him until the deadline if this was going to be the return.
Horrendous return, zero faith in us committing to a rebuild if this is what we can expect from trades 💀💀
I was secretly hoping for the Ben Chiarot special but if you actually watch Zadorov play this is closer to fair value. Thanks for your service Zad
This is exactly what I was telling everyone who’s team sell. The returns for these guys in this cap strapped market aren’t going to be particularly high.
Very likely neither of these picks end up being NHL calibre players.
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We gave up a 3rd to get him and get one back for dumping him. After how he’s played since the trade request, we should consider ourselves lucky we even managed to get this return for him. Oesterle/Gilbert-Desimone pairing do be kinda horrifying though
Gross. Feel like Conroy could have done better but what do I know
Wow great trade for the Canucks, hopefully this pushes them to the Cup
Kinda expected that return tbh. Although was kinda hoping for a second
This was the big man’s “We are doing this on our terms so we get a good return” statement trade
Figured he would have fetched more than that. Tad disappointing
Everyone up in arms already, no surprise there. Let Conroy cook, he just freed up cap space and we got back more for Zadorov than we paid for him.
5th and 3rd? Not terrible.
Not great, but not terrible.
Value is about right. Would’ve preferred a second or 2024 3rd, but fan expectations for value are out of whack big time.
He’s a solid #5d who wanted out lol. And some ppl were expecting first round value still… no.
I wonder if he was making the room toxic and it was time to move on. It’s not an ideal return, but I would guess the offers were extremely low because he went public with his trade request. Great opportunity for the kids in the AHL to seize a spot on our D now.
Does the Flames retain any salary? If not, then that might explain the underwhelming return.
Somewhat expected for a 3rd pairing defender that publicly wanted out and then had a couple shitty games.
You know. I’m glad we’re trading our UFAs.
But God Conroy, you could’ve gotten more for him. Even with his abysmal play recently.
I’d have made the Canucks throw in a washing machine.
I’m just here to see Conroy cook, and zad been looking sad since his public whine fest. Besides his size, his play has been lackluster as of late. Not the worst considering how we got zad 🙏
He must’ve been terrible in the locker room this season.
Dude is a 3rd pairing player who publicly requested a trade. Some people heavily overvalued him
I liked the guy, but I’m not sad to see him go.
Flames were clearly pinched with Pelletier coming back and potentially bring Coronato back. Cap space now gives them a lot of options.
My highest price on him was 2 3rds and maybe a little more if they retained. Guy had 1 amazing season but often is a liability.
This is a Conroy W for me. Zadorov is not a good player. He’s an average and inconsistent 3rd pairing player
So many people over valued him. Thinking we could get a first. This goes to show what his true value is. He may have gone for a 2nd to a desperate team near the deadline but that’s a gamble. I think it’s a good deal for sure
Canucks fan here. I really didn’t want to go after Zadorov because I thought we would overpay and/or he was overvalued just because we have holes in our D right now, but it seems like the consensus here is that y’all got one more pick than he cost in the first place so technically a win for you folks, especially considering there was no hope in hell of him re-signing in Calgary. I think from the Canucks perspective it’s a good trade too. I am also ASTOUNDED that this happened between division rivals, but maybe CGY knows that Zadorov has no intent of signing with any western teams or something, who knows.
There’s still a very real chance he either isn’t good enough for the team to be interested in signing him again, or he doesn’t want to sign with us either, because he is by NO MEANS a shoe-in for that second pairing. When Vancouver is healthy, he’s probably 3rd pairing but like, closer to 2B, but he probably wants a clear second pairing role in his next contract. So we paid for a few months of a big guy to fill a need in our org, without any guaruntees of anything past this year. The only wildcard is what he looks like in Tocchet’s system. If he is able to stabilize, stop chasing hits, and actually play at a bonafide 2nd pairing D level, that would be insane for us. It’s a gamble, but god I love that we made the trade. Potentially huge win for Van, but also potentially a clear loss. CGY can, in theory, package those additional picks with another player headed out for like a nice young prospect or a higher quality pick too, just more assets that don’t have cap-space tied to them. Another just… solid hockey trade, maybe.
Tough to grade without other deals getting done during this time to compare it too
If every other team was only offering a fourth at best then this looks great
We got him for a third so the fact that we don’t lose value on the time Zads spent here is good
Get the fuck out of here you big whiney russian! have fun throwing grenades in BC.
Return is as expected, only thing I don’t like is where they sent him too.
Very whelming return. But glad it’s pure futures with no cap dump or middling roster players coming back.
Flames originally gave up a 3rd for Zadorov. Get that plus a 5th back but then again, Zadorov had improved a fair bit since coming over. Should have been able to get a 2nd rounder you’d think
5th round. Good grief. That’s miserable.
Wonder what Toronto was offering when they were openly trying to convince him on the ice to come…
Damn. Don’t get much when it goes public he wants out.