Rick Dhaliwal: The Vancouver Canucks hope to sign first-round pick Vasily Podkolzin after his KHL season.
The Canucks weren’t willing to sign 26-year old defenseman Nikita Tryamkin last year as they weren’t willing to give him a one-way deal. His KHL season this year could be over in mid-March.
His agent, Todd Diamond, wasn’t happy last year when he didn’t get a contract last as he felt it was the right time to return. The Canucks waited until July 14th to tell Tryamkin’s camp they wouldn’t be signing him for this season.