LATEST | Nikita Zadorov's agent adresses the potential rumour: Raises concern on Andrei Kuzmenko

Dan Milstein, who represents the Canucks' Russians, adressed the rumours that suggested Zadorov could be on his way out of Vancouver and revealed that he did believe his client was being shopped or even up for discussion:

It would've been questionable for the Canucks to move from Zadorov, especially after they made clear that they were looking at defencemen like him.

Milstein also represents the Canucks scoring winger Andrei Kuzmenko; Friedman said this morning that he thought Zadorov and Kuzmenko could be used to gain cap space for a more extensive trade. The fact that Milstein only addressed Zadorov raises flags and suggests that Andrei Kuzmenko might already be closer to being traded than we thought.

The Canucks will have to find a way to move some money to acquire top-end players. It would've been a bizarre strategy to use Zadorov as a cap dump, but the way Kuzmenko has been playing and with the potential he showed last year, it wouldn't be a surprise to see him go.