Russian defenseman for the Calgary Flames Nikita Zadorov hopes that one day his teammates will understand his statements about the lack of playing time.
Earlier it became known that the Russian, through his agent Dan Milstein, requested a trade from Calgary; the player’s representative himself wrote that with a high probability the hockey player would leave the Flames, because “the best defender has almost no time on the ice.” According to , a number of clubs NHL players are interested in signing Zadorov, and the Russian himself “is not focused on the financial factor” and wants to win the Stanley Cup.
— My comments on playing time? I don’t control it, my coaches do. My job is to go out on the field and play. I think that’s what I do every night. In the end, it’s my 11th season in the league and for the moment it all depends on my teammates. So I feel like it’s not really a good situation for the team… If I were them, I would be angry if I saw that from my teammate, but I hope ‘one day they will understand…
I’ve tried my whole life to be a good teammate. If you ask the guys in the NHL who played with me, I hope no one says bad things about me. “I defended the guys and always helped,” Zadorov said in an interview with the Flames press service.
This season, Zadorov has played 13 matches, scored one goal and made four assists. On average, a 28-year-old hockey player spends 18 minutes 9 seconds on the ice.
Source : MatchTV
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