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All things considered I do believe DeBrusk is the better player right now. Ignoring all else.
Rumor: Zadina on the Market?
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Oddbob
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In what way? He is producing about the same and isn't physical or known for defence.
Holden Caufield
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He has twice as many goals in fewer games and is a better skater.
He also drives the puck to the net better and plays better in the dirty areas close to the goal.
Zadina seems to need time and space to do anything.
He also drives the puck to the net better and plays better in the dirty areas close to the goal.
Zadina seems to need time and space to do anything.
OgeeOgelthorpe
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He was playing with Krejci. We don’t have a playmaking 2c to set him up.
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Which are all solid reasons why they might be shopping DeBrusk but in no way explain why they'd settle for Zadina in a 1-for-1 trade. They could do better.
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OgeeOgelthorpe
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Physically "only average" means Zadina needs to learn how to compensate in other ways. Zetterberg was "only average" physically but he compensated by being one of the best puck protectors in the league. When it was on his stick it was a fight to get it away from him. The problem with Zadina only being average is that aspect of his game hasn't improved in 4 years in the organization. He's not any faster, he's not any stronger, and seems even more averse to contact than he did in his first couple of seasons. The guy plays socially distanced hockey.
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I only can watch weekends and like yesterday, he is not bad , he just cannot score, probably mental problems. Zadina actually through some hits yesterday, braked some attacks . I don't understand why not use him on pk, he did it in juniors. He is been under Blashil for so long
lilidk
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Zadina could be easily replaced by Bergreen or Soderblom and if he can bring solid LD , then why not , just we should not rush him out
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Stealing my line? I said that about Cholol.
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Frk It
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I might not mind that, I thought he looked pretty good last year for a stretch there. I haven't seen him too much this year. Could almost consider Strome for similar reasons. Seems like the type of trade Chicago likes to do, too.
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I'd be intrigued by this. I don't know much about Zacha other than he played 2nd/3rd line W a lot the last 2 seasons. 13-14 minutes a night for much of the last month. Is he in the doghouse? How is he defensively?
Frk It
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He played some center while Hughes/Hischier have been hurt and has looked pretty good doing so, at least last year.
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I have not seen a ton of him, but he's kind of something like Jordan Staal.
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Perfect Human
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Athletic article on each team’s key trade bait lists Zacha for NJD. That article sites a logjam
You have to understand when it comes to centers, the Wings are in a real beggars and choosers scenario. And considering how infrequently a great #2 C, let alone a good one, just falls into your lap, people are shaking every tree to see if it yields fruit.
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He was one of the worst defensive forwards in the league, he drove no offense, and he didn’t produce. I bet he’s somewhat better now but I don’t even feel all that comfortable throwing him in there in a pinch and definitely not as a regular. He’s a perfectly passable winger who just exists and doesn’t really make things better or worse and is a guy who you can throw on PP2. Once upon a time he was an elite PKer and I wish we’d put him back there. In the middle though he’s a complete black hole. Maybe a guy like Vrana could help prop him up and make him passable but I wouldn’t bet on center Zacha
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Maybe he could regain that PK attitude with a player like Bertuzzi. I was actualy thinking that combination would be better than him and Vrana. Also, if he were on a wing, Zacha, Veleno, Bertuzzi may be a fun second line to watch, and Veleno and Zacha can swap at center.
That would make the third line Fabbri, Suter, Vrana.
bye bye Zadina.
Edit: put Suter at center, because he is.
