Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Loser Considering episode on the Vancouver Canucks pending UFA defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Tyler Myers.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Marek: “Elliotte, the most recent on the Vancouver Canucks together with Elias Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov. What do you hear? What have you learnt?”
Friedman: “Properly, if Nikita Zadorov retains {golfing} with Vancouver media folks there’s gonna be a narrative a day. He’s on the golf course the opposite day with Murph and now there’s all of those scoops about what he’s asking for? How shut they’ve been? Are they making progress? Are they not making progress?
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That is what I can let you know. I believe Nikita Zadorov has a quantity and the Vancouver Canucks, and I don’t know when it was, I don’t know if it was earlier than the playoffs or I don’t need to get into the entire infighting in Vancouver proper now.
I simply imagine Zadorov has a quantity and it’d truly be rather less than he might get within the open market to remain in Vancouver. I don’t assume Vancouver is way away from it. However I don’t assume they’ve hit it. Now
I believe they know what it’s gonna take to signal (Tyler) Myers and so they can simply park it, like a Sierra Elevation once you don’t …”
Marek: “Oh my.”
Friedman: “… use it, you simply park it over there. Then you definately say, ‘I’ll get you once I’m prepared.’ That’s what I believe they’re doing with Myers.
Relating to Zadorov, I don’t assume they’re far however they haven’t gotten there. And since I believe Zadorov is inclined to present them a little bit of a break, they should get there. I don’t need to handicap it. I don’t need to say it’s this share or that share.
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I believe Vancouver is attempting to make the perfect deal they will. They’re not there and we’ll see the place we go right here. I don’t assume that is unattainable however I believe they should get there as a result of I believe Zadorov is aware of if he will get to the open market, he’s going to be pleased with what’s on the market. So it’s going to be as much as the Canucks to get to the quantity he desires.”
