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Originally Posted by browna
Good interview with Zadorov on TSN with the game day press scrum. The usual questions, him talking about how he is an emotional person how it was such a great first year under Sutter, and last year was tough and he was so emotionally invested that it hurt. But the best part of his time here was teammates and will be friends for life.
Then someone asking how, since he is so emotional, how he "feels" leaving Calgary. Besides his answer about loving the city and not meeting one bad person here, he says that it's business and "no one gives a #### about my feelings, so not going to cry about it".
Asked if he wished the agent wouldn't have made his demands public, the first abrupt answer "I'm happy with where I am at".
When then asked what changed between saying wanting to be a Flame for life in April to now: "I didn't get a contract offer" and again abruptly ended it at that.
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Just my opinion, but Zadorov is the kind of guy who would have went through walls for the team, stick up for any of his teammates regardless the opposing player who needs the speaking to, but at the same time, was able to read the tea leaves that Flames management didn't see him as the player that Zadorov sees himself as (him seeing himself as a top 4 guy, Flames brass seeing him as a bottom pair guy strictly). This disagreement in the assessment of him as a player and his potential led to him wanting to leave thinking he will get that recognition elsewhere (remains to be seen).