Confirmed with Link: Avs sign Zadorov to 2 year deal ($2.15M AAV)

[Foppberg]

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[member 116861]

Good. Destroy some mother****ers this year.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

SKIPDIDDLYBOOYAH!!!

 

[Cousin Eddie]

It's been annoying, but good on Joe for pretty much getting his way.

 

[Balthazar]

It's been annoying, but good on Joe for pretty much getting his way.

Hopefully it won't be painful in 2 years.

 

[Avs44]

Well thank goodness this is done, and nice to see Sakic at least made a slight concession and gave Z an extra 115k so that both sides could save some face. Having said that, this should never have been such a big deal in the first place.

 

[tucker3434]

Would have preferred they just met in the middle a month+ ago. These long negotiations can't be great long term.

 

[Balthazar]

Well thank goodness this is done, and nice to see Sakic at least made a slight concession and gave Z an extra 115k so that both sides could save some face. Having said that, this should never have been such a big deal in the first place.

150k

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

People might complain that it took this long, but sometimes it has to. In the end things got done for reasonable $$$(He's still overpaid but it's not significant) and hardly missed anything.


Now Zads, go out and prove to Joe and the rest of us you're actually worth something long term to the organization and earn that big pay day on the next deal please.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Thank god that's done.

 

[Avs_19]

Solid deal and I'm glad it's done. Looks like the Avs didn't cave all that much either, which is good in this case.

 

[hockeyfish]

Hopefully it won't be painful in 2 years.

I wouldn't mind some pain on the next one. Certainly better than the alternative.

 

[henchman21]

It's been annoying, but good on Joe for pretty much getting his way.

Pretty much... got the deal done and Sakic had to give in a bit, but not all the way.

 

[Hesher]

Finally!

 

[linusandvarlamov]

Hihi Feels like Christmas, it does.

 

[Vaslof]

Well thank goodness this is done, and nice to see Sakic at least made a slight concession and gave Z an extra 115k so that both sides could save some face. Having said that, this should never have been such a big deal in the first place.

It wasn't a big deal. People just like to whine about anything and everything.

 

[Ceremony]

At least Sakic won't be here to try and avoid paying him the 9 million he inevitably deserves the next time

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Meeting in the middle. What a novel concept.

 

[bohlmeister]

Meeting in the middle. What a novel concept.

Too bad it took 2 days past the finish line to achieve it.

Sakic is an absolute idiot. Terrible manager.

 

[cgf]

I just hope that Zads came down off his ask by enough for management not to make Zads the next Drury/ROR.

 

[cgf]

At least Sakic won't be here to try and avoid paying him the 9 million he inevitably deserves the next time

After the contracts Slavin & Parayko just signed Zads won't have a case for that much unless he holds out, so he can wait for Trouba to re-set the market. And even that only matters if Zads becomes the more defensively imposing Big Buff that his biggest fans (like me) think his ceiling is, this year.

 

[LieutenantDangle]

After the contracts Slavin & Parayko just signed Zads won't have a case for that much unless he holds out, so he can wait for Trouba to re-set the market. And even that only matters if Zads becomes the more defensively imposing Big Buff that his biggest fans (like me) think his ceiling is, this year.

That would be amazing if he could eat the most minutes in the league. I don't see it

 

[ASmileyFace]

Thank ****ing god.

 

[CharlesPuck]

Too bad it took 2 days past the finish to achieve it.

Sakic is an absolute idiot. Terrible manager.

Two days past the finish of what?!

You know the season starts in 19 days and there are practices every day. Training camp is not "over" tomorrow. He will have plenty of time to skate with the team.

 

[bohlmeister]

Two days past the finish of what?!

You know the season starts in 19 days and there are practices every day. Training camp is not "over" tomorrow. He will have plenty of time to skate with the team.

Sakic moved on his take it or leave it offer. He could have done that 2 weeks ago, and not had another distraction at the start of camp. Negotiate like every other manager in the league and get your work done.