Quoting: theleano1
He's also taking a pretty noticeable step back this year especially with his speed and for a guy that was never known to be the fastest guy it's going to hurt him in the modern day leauge, he definitely was elite once a upon a time but with his start this year that's starting to feel like forever ago
Love you man, but I gotta disagree with you on this one
If you’re giving up the asset(s) I believe it’s gonna take to acquire Zadorov, you don’t just want him for 1/3-3/4 of a season, just to potentially lose him or get in a bidding war, thus having to pay him more than you would have otherwise
It’s not like he’s in his mid-30’s/declining years, like Chiarot or Schenn or only had a one-off good season like Gudbranson…. I’m confident Zadorov can be signed for $3-4mil/yr right now and if for some reason it doesn’t work, given the demand there was for him originally, they would have no problem moving him for assets in return. Again, Zadorov is just entering his prime years now
Quoting: theleano1
https://twitter.com/irfgaffar/status/1723188973370221054?t=DBHpIMgKgN3MgXW4mw-9Jg&s=19
Gaffar who is really close to the tanev family hinted at it, he doesn't typically tweet stuff like that unless he's 100% sure, on ice high danger attempts against per 60, +/-,
Although that could possibly be true and I’m ready to cash in and move in from Tanev anyways, we don’t know that Gaffer knows or is close to the Tanev’s and could be referencing a number of Flames guys there….
I’m happy to move on from a bunch of our Pending UFA’s, but the goal is to get full value for them and I’m still waiting for this site that shows their average skating speed or proof Tanev has slowed down or lost a step
The Flames haven’t been playing to hot this, including his main partner Hanifin, and the fact is he’s has numerous partners this year, which combined ain’t gonna help us underlying stats. Still doesn’t mean his play is declining at all