Man he's a beut.
No one commits to him....he floats around for a bit....lands here...people dissect him and Sutter walks in.
Getting a player who wants to learn, improve , play more and get some respect and now he's doing it all . I loved loved loved the BIG Z before he suited up here as I saw pure potential.
I'm glad we saw the potential because this guy deserves everything right now. He's been like a sponge picking up and absorbing his assignments and delivering.
You can tell his mentality has changed and improved. I'll never forget his presser last year along side Coleman....saying he wasn't Power play material but that he played top 4 in Chicago silencing the reporter who asked him where he figured he deserved to play.
At the time I though that was a little funny and slightly weird but Zadorov has backed all of it up with performance and little talk.
The biggest difference is even he said he wasn't really coached properly on zone exits and all his previous coaches questioning that.
It seemed like simple fix too....thank God for our coaches who were willing to spend Time to help.
Hanifin, Anderson, Stone have all made huge improvements .
Having Mackey now and Tanev , Weegar it appears the sky is the limit with these guys. I just hope injuries don't factor in at any point like they did last year but that's the sweet thing about our depth....dudes a great Flame.
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