{"id":448831,"date":"2024-08-22T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=448831"},"modified":"2024-08-21T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T02:18:10","slug":"looking-back-podkolzin-time-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/22\/looking-back-podkolzin-time-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at Vasily Podkolzin\u2019s Time in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday afternoon, the <\/span>Vancouver Canucks<\/span> dropped a bomb out of nowhere. <\/span>Well, maybe <\/span>that’s<\/span> a <\/span>bit of a<\/span> stretch, <\/span>but<\/span> it was news.<\/span> The Canucks announced they traded winger Vasily Podkolzin to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2025 fourth-round pick.<\/a> (which was originally from the Ottawa Senators<\/a>) It was an eyebrow-raising trade. For starters, it was bizarre to see Podkolzin get traded to a divisional rival <\/span>and<\/span> the timing of the trade seemed interesting. This <\/span>author even predicted that the Russian would probably be traded during the season<\/span><\/a>, not in August. Podkolzin <\/span>found out he was traded from the Canucks to Edmonton on his way to IKEA.\u00a0<\/span><\/a>But now the dust on the trade has settled, <\/span>let’s<\/span> look back at <\/span>Podkolzin’s<\/span> time in Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n

Podkolzin\u2019s Time in Vancouver Begins with Hopes and Concerns<\/h3>\n

The Canucks held the tenth overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. It was also <\/span>big<\/span> for them as the draft <\/span>was held<\/span> at Rogers Arena. With Elias Pettersson<\/a> having a Calder-winning rookie season, Quinn Hughes<\/a> just making his NHL debut, and<\/span> the emergence of Thatcher Demko<\/a> and Brock Boeser<\/a> looking to take the next step, the Canucks needed another member to add to the core.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were lots of options for the Canucks to take. Trevor Zegras<\/a>, Cole Caufield<\/a>, Peyton Krebs<\/a>, and Matt Boldy<\/a> were among the talented crop of prospects available. Unfortunately, Zegras <\/span>was drafted<\/span> by the Anaheim Ducks one spot before Vancouver. Moreover, t<\/span>here was a lot of anticipation from Canucks fans when they took the stage. To the surprise of many, they took Podkolzin and Stan Smyl<\/a> infamously butchered his name.<\/span><\/p>\n

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he will always be Vasiliev Podslovan to me pic.twitter.com\/kwUsTreLNu<\/a><\/p>\n

— Memarzadeh (@ArashMemarzadeh) August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n