{"id":12254,"date":"2017-09-15T20:19:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T00:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2018-01-17T21:32:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T02:32:35","slug":"colorado-avalanche-re-sign-nikita-zadorov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/09\/15\/colorado-avalanche-re-sign-nikita-zadorov\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche Re-Sign Nikita Zadorov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defenseman, <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zadorni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita  Zadorov<\/a> has agreed to terms with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>. His new contract will be worth $4.3 million for two years ($2.15 million AAV).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zadorov&#39;s new deal in Colorado worth $2.15 M AAV per season<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/908759813974319105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Colorado Avalanche Re-Sign Nikita  Zadorov<\/h2>\n<p>Nikita  Zadorov will be heading back to Colorado in hopes of a more promising season for the Avalanche. Drafted 16th overall in the first round of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres, the\u00a022-year-old Russian has spent parts of four years with the Buffalo Sabres and the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>Zadorov joined the entire Avalanche team last year on the rougher side of the league. He earned 10 points in 56 games and was a -20. Spending the majority of his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres, Zadorov was traded in June 2016. The trade included <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/grigomi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikhail  Grigorenko<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/comphj.01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.T.  Compher<\/a><\/strong> and the Sabres&#8217; 31st pick in the 2015 draft in exchange for <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oreilry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan  O&#8217;Reilly<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcginja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie  McGinn<\/a><\/strong>. O&#8217;Reilly remains in Buffalo, and has become a standout on the Sabres.<\/p>\n<p>At 6&#8217;5&#8243; and 235 pounds, Zadorov has used his physicality to create a shut-down style of defensive play. Next year the Avalanche look to erase an abysmal season and Zadorov&#8217;s contributions will be essential for a stronger blue line.<\/p>\n<p>Zadorov&#8217;s best NHL year came in 2014-15 with three goals and 12 assists in 60 games, leading the blue line in plus-minus at -10 in what was a terrible season for the Sabres. He has played in parts of four NHL seasons, scoring four goals and 28 points in 145 career games. He also has 140 career penalty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Moscow, Russia native came to North America and played his junior hockey with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. He was the Sabres first round choice, 16th overall, at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<h5>Main Photo:<\/h5>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/644799398\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/644799398?et=t50KmPOWTQxUBR2cJiA_4g&amp;tld=ca&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=luA4Tp1aMjkSksqIAP2onPU1GYrQtCHluxTDTVR3SKs=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>RALEIGH, NC &#8211; FEBRUARY 17: Colorado Avalanche Defenceman Nikita  Zadorov (16) passes the puck up ice in a regular season NHL game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Carolina Hurricanes at the PNC Arena on February 17, 2017. Colorado defeated Carolina 2 &#8211; 1 in OT. (Photo by Greg Thompson\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defenseman, Nikita Zadorov has agreed to terms with the Colorado Avalanche. His new contract will be worth $4.3 million for two years ($2.15 million AAV). Zadorov&#39;s new deal in Colorado worth $2.15 M AAV per season &mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) September 15, 2017 Colorado Avalanche Re-Sign Nikita Zadorov Nikita Zadorov will be heading back to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2004,"featured_media":12272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,34],"tags":[182,36,302,218],"class_list":["post-12254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avalanche","category-news","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-nikita-zadorov","tag-ryan-oreilly"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}