Avalanche Sign Zakhar Bardakov To Entry-Level Deal

Avalanche Sign Zakhar Bardakov To Entry-Level Deal

The Colorado Avalanche announced that they have signed forward Zakhar Bardakov to a one-year, entry-level deal, per a team release. In 53 games this season for SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, Bardakov posted 17 goals and 35 points. The 24-year-old set career highs in goals and assists this season (while nearly doubling his previous career high in points) and served as an alternate captain. He added two points in six KHL playoff contests. In 209 r…

Avalanche Sign Zakhar Bardakov to Entry-Level Contract

Zakhar Bardakov signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Avalanche, the team announced on Sunday. Bardakov had 17 goals and 18 assists in the KHL this past season, recording a career-high 35 points in 53 games for SKA St. Petersburg. The native of Seversk, Russia, was originally drafted 203rd overall in the seventh round of the 2021 NHL entry draft by the New Jersey Devils. Colorado acquired the 24-year-old centerman from New Jersey in th…

In the NHL, general managers have several tools to improve their training and build a competitive team in the short, medium or long term. Drafting remains the most traditional and often the most effective way to develop a sustainable core of young talent. This is where the foundations of a solid franchise arise, provided of course that the right choices are made at the right time. But drafting is just the beginning. DGs must also be active in th…