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Today we’re talking about Detroit Red Wings forward Filip Zadina, and his future as an NHL player.
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Filip Zadina was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd – Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd – Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th – Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th – Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th – Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th – Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th – New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th – Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th – New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
12th – New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames), Noah Dobson
13th – Dallas Stars, Ty Dellandrea
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues), Joel Farabee
15th – Florida Panthers, Grigori Denisenko
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Martin Kaut
17th – New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith
18th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Liam Foudy
19th – Philadelphia Flyers, Jay O’Brien
20th – Los Angeles Kings, Rasmus Kupari
21st – San Jose Sharks, Ryan Merkley
22nd – New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators), K’Andre Miller
23rd – Anaheim Ducks, Isac Lundestrom
24th – Minnesota Wild, Filip Johansson
25th – St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Dominik Bokk
26th – Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers), Jacob Bernard-Docker
27th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators), Nicolas Beaudin
28th – New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Nils Lundkvist
29th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from Winnipeg Jets via St. Louis Blues), Rasmus Sandin
30th – Detroit Red Wings (from Vegas Golden Knights), Joe Veleno
31st – Washington Capitals, Alexander Alexeyev
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34 Comments
I remember Sens fans were mad that they took Brady instead of this guy after that draft 😅
I don’t think that Zadina is really worth trying for anymore. We’ve wasted too much time on him and although he could turn into a better player with time, how much time do we really have to give him. There are other prospects ready to play for us and willing to step up, obviously Zadina can’t handle it. So realistically we should move on from him.
He really has not panned out well. I think no NHL team will take a look at him and he’ll end up going back to Europe to play there. He could still have good career just over there and not in the NHL.
Honestly seeing Zadina finally succeed with the Wings would be absolutly the best story in the NHL so far
He’s a bust
Net filler 😂😂
another top prospect ruined by steve yzerbum 😭
Zadina threatened to fill the Habs' net with pucks (for passing him up at the draft). Now the threat is gone.
Zadina does everything right except score. He either misses the net or hits the goalie in the chest. IMO, I think he is too far behind in his development and now he has to compete with the younger prospects. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't see him becoming a goal scorer, at least not as a Red Wing.
I am tired of seeing Zadina's picture and hearing about him I hope he spends his last 2 years of his contract in GR or on another team. he is an AHL player not an NHL player.
He has 2 choices now.. Play and score, or his career is over in hockey! Pretty bad when you can't be given away
Zadina was never an elite skater, not dynamic enough to exploit space or become physical enough to go into the boards and battle for pucks. Or be a pest agitator that teams hated to match up against. Yet in the NHL you can survive with deficiencies, as long as you have a dangerous shot selection. But Zarina's shot selection did not grow over the years as he targeted center mass on every opposing goalie he faced
He is a bust and every NHL team has selected a bust player in the first round even #1 overall.
The trend will never end
As a Wings fan, I'll have to say that Zadina will be in Europe sooner rather than later. He can't find open ice in NHL. His shot is poor, no deception. Works hard but the play dies on his stick more often than not. I am not surprised about this at all. Lot's of Wings fans were in denial for a long time.
Grand rapids should be fun to watch ay
Dude. Yzerman did NOT draft Filip Zadina. Check your facts please. Yzerman's first draft pick as Detroit GM was Moritz Seider. Zadina and Veleno were drafted by the Kenny Holland crew before Yzerman returned to the D in April of 2019…Zadina was drafted in 2018.
Yzerman and the red wings are considering terminating Zadina's contract tomorrow by placing him on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract.
This will either light a fire in him or extinguish any confidence he had left.
Weird how some players seem to think that once they get drafted the work is done and they have earned the right to play in the NHL. And on the opposite spectrum, some players actually start improving and understand that they are privileged to be there, and that their careers are in their hands. Zadina seems to fall in the first category, the talent is there, but talent will not be enough in the NHL, even McDavid works hard to get results.
Imagine if MTL had drafted him and this would have happened. This kinda proves that its not only « development » issues. Or it proves that other teams also have development issues? I tend to think that some players are just less receptive to adapting and learning what it takes to be a pro vs relying only on talent. In the juniors, you can be a star based on talent alone, not so much in the NHL
I felt he was always overconfident and that he stop leaning and thought he could be good based on his skills but i always thought sence we drafted him i thought he was a hit or miss guy and kh made the mistake there were way better players there then him even when he was drafted he now a bottom 6 guys watching guy we could have had be stars is sad hopefully he make it one day but if this is it for him he can be a good player for a 3 line guy he will be but i think it best to let him walk and just take the lose anyway steve y doesn't have to justify he didn't pick him
He’s no good
Well, sounds like Zadinas contract is being terminated, so the answer to that second question is a definitive no. As for whether or not he pans out, it depends on his attitude. So far, he's said he will, under no conditions,play in the AHL. Unfortunately, I don't think that's an option for him. He's not a consistent roster player in the NHL. At least, not yet. If he were willing to spend a few years in the A and work on his game and grow, then yeah, I could definitely see a scenario where he becomes a decent middle to top six player later. But if he isn't willing to do that, he's gonna very quickly find himself in the Czech or Slovak leagues. Either way, I suspect that Zadina is in for a very shocking wake up call when he becomes a UFA.
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Nice video
I still see the potential even now that we kno he’s pretty much gone so no biasses
If zadina was getting pay 775k Yeah I can see a team claiming him but his cap may seem small but team are going to take on an change on zadina without getting something in return
Zadina should go to Europe to play. He's just not cut out for the NHL. Doesn't play the modern NHL game.
He doesn’t report to GR and the Wings terminate his contract. Best scenario for Steveie,he couldn’t buy him out and he didn’t want to pay him $1.8+mil in the AHL.
Zadina is a victim of his attitude and a toxic fan base.
What he needs is a change of scenery, and maybe that will help him get back on track to being an nhl player.
His best option, and likely only option, is to stay in detroit and fight tooth and nail for what you think you deserve. It will take a lot of work, but I think he could do it. All up to him
Try thinking in terms of Formenton for Zadina. If nobody is "checking" on conditions of Formenton, maybe he's been living on Ding Dongs and Ho hos ???
I’ve been saying for past 3 years we should trade him.
Not everyone is an NHL player.
You definitely made it sound like you thought Yzerman drafted him. This was another Holland bust. Hollands only first round draft pick that really made it was larkin.