Canucks defenseman Nikita Zadorov is set to become a free-agent on July 1st and while he awaits a contract has admitted he cannot go home to Russia.
When the war between Russia and the Ukraine broke out, Zadorov spoke up against Russian President Vladimir Putin which has now kept him from being able to return home.
#Canucks defenseman Nikita Zadorov (@zadorov_16) says he is unable to return to his home country of Russia for as long as Vladimir Putin is in power.
Zadorov criticized Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine during an interview last summer.
"I'd be in Siberia the next day" Zadorov said last week.
According to reports, Zadorov is in search of a a contract worth $6 million AAV on a 6 year term this off-season.
