Value of: Vasili Podkolzin as RFA next summer?

[Artorius Horus T]

if Canucks decides not to re-sign him, any takers?
and for how much?

1x1? or under million a year?

or maybe KHL bound


23 years old (June 24th)
on his 6th pro season
about 350 career pro games combined; KHL, VHL, NHL, AHL

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[God]

you should change your username to #1 Podz Hater

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Why would they not re-sign him? He's just coming off his ELC and gonna be dirt cheap to sign as he hasn't proven anything

 

[Hoglander]

Not sure what OP's strange issue/obsession is with Podkolzin; it's as if they think Podz's nhl career is finished at 22 years old, only a dozen games after his call-up. He's looked pretty good, forechecked really well, but just struggled to find the back of the net.

Of coarse they will re-sign him, like, this is a no-brainer. Op is out to lunch here

 

[82Ninety42011]

It's a slam dunk we re-sign him as we need him and his low salary on the bottom 6. Who knows he might even break the middle 6 next year. He's shown he's not a liability on defensive side. Just needs some confidence on offensive game. He was top ten pick and was considered a top possible 5 pick at one time he's got talent.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

10th overall lol

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Kravtsov 2.0

 

[lawrence]

Broberg, turcotte, among other 2019ers struggling to find their role in the nhl. There’s really no need for something like this since I can easily find at least 20 top 10 prospects that have struggled just a bad. It does to show drafting is easy as we think even with a high pick.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Cheap young player who plays hard, I get that he hasn't met expectations but can still be a useful part of their bottom six next year

 

[Chainshot]

if Canucks decides not to re-sign him, any takers?
and for how much?

1x1? or under million a year?

or maybe KHL bound


23 years old (June 24th)
on his 6th pro season
about 350 career pro games combined; KHL, VHL, NHL, AHL

Did he kick your dog or something?

 

[Acallabeth]

I sure as hell would sign Podkolzin as a Caps fan, and it is considering that we don't have an open RW spot for a prospect.
At worst, he's a cheap player who can be traded for a low draft pick and can help an AHL team.
At best, if he breaks out, it's a cheap young NHL player who has some skills and doesn't shy away from the dirty areas.
Decent reward, next to zero risk. I'll be surprised if Vancouver doesn't offer him a contract.

 

[Mrfenn92]

2 years $900k aav extension

 

[sansabri]

if you don't want him, Habs will take him

 

[StickShift]

He will get the Nils Hoglander deal = 2y x $1.1m

 

[Djp]

Not sure what OP's strange issue/obsession is with Podkolzin; it's as if they think Podz's nhl career is finished at 22 years old, only a dozen games after his call-up. He's looked pretty good, forechecked really well, but just struggled to find the back of the net.

Of coarse they will re-sign him, like, this is a no-brainer. Op is out to lunch here

He also has little return value given ELC ends.

 

[Jared Dunn]

10th overall lol

Oilers picked Broberg before him dude not exactly the high ground here lol

Half of Vancouver's roster are free agents, Podkolzin will have a spot in the bottom six next year. Probably a one or two year deal around 850k

 

[Forge]

I offer Kevin Bahl

 

[Bgav]

Kravtsov 2.0

He plays nothing like him lmao. Pods is physical and hits everything that moves. He'll be a full time bottom 6 nhler

 

[Siludin]

Cheap with term should be the goal with Pods.
Get him 3 years at $1.5m and enjoy the fruits of that investment.

 

[Drew Doubty]

He's still got potential and I think he might yet still become a good 30ish point physical presence in the bottom six, but he's barely in the NHL at this point.

Trading him would be pointless and would get you a 3rd rounder or equivalent C+ prospect, and he'd probably jump at getting the guaranteed money of a 1-way contract. They should try and do 2x 850k to give him a nice assured paycheck. If he develops then great you've got him for 1 extra year and then he's an RFA after that, if not, then you can easily just bury the contract.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Carter, Harkins, Shea, and Koppanen for Podkolzin, take it and like it.

 

[cwede]

RFA this summer,
can't see Canucks not offering a QO
also offer sheet to a guy so unproven seems unlikely

if he wants to go home this summer, Canucks would still retain his rights, til he's 27

 

[Vector]

Ignoring the weirdness of even suggesting the Canucks wouldn't re-sign him, the Canucks created the template for his next contract with Hoglander. So unless Podkolzin has a extremely strong playoffs he'll end up with around the same 2 year contract at 1.1m.

 

[Nucker101]

10th overall lol

I mean he was ranked top 10 on a lot of pre-draft lists, if they reached on him then sure clown them.

I wanted Boldy myself but I don’t remember the Canucks getting much hate for the pick at the time.

I’d bet the vast majority of nhl teams had him ranked top 15

 

[biturbo19]

There's absolutely zero reason not to even bother qualifying him.

He'll either be dirt cheap playing on that QO or something very similar, or he'll get a $1.1M x 2 Years sort of "prove it" fringe deal with a little upside, just like Hoglander, who was in a similar position when he signed his deal last year, which is now an absolute steal for this year and next year as well.


It's looking more and more likely that Podkolzin is never going to have the sort of offensive upside that was hoped for with the 10th pick...but he's shown plenty of indication that he's at least an NHL capable bottom-6 grinder. Like a lot of those types of player, he's going to be inconsistent and "streaky" offensively depending on how his confidence is riding. With long droughts of little production likely.

But Vancouver will need cheap depth that can play in the next few years. Podkolzin is still as reasonable an "upside" gamble as you're going to find for that sort of role. Where if he plays as a responsible 4th liner, disappointing but whatever. If he finds some more scoring touch and moves up the lineup a bit, that's gravy.