What’s one word to describe Nikita Zadorov?
Charlie Coyle recoiled at the question.
“Oh, God,” said the Bruins center. “There’s a lot of one words I think you could use for him.”
There was far from a consensus among the Bruins regulars who have shared a bench with Zadorov — or been on the receiving end of a crushing hit from the 6-foot-6-inch defenseman.
“Presence,” said Elias Lindholm, who was Zadorov’s teammate in Calgary and Vancouver.
“Brutal,” Morgan Geekie added.
“Huge,” chimed in Trent Frederic, who dropped the gloves with Zadorov in February 2023.