VANCOUVER — For as long as he can remember, Nikita Tryamkin says people have been comparing him to Zdeno Chara.
“I don’t know why that is,” the towering Russian defenceman said through an interpreter Thursday, drawing laughs from the assembled media at UBC’s Father Bauer Arena.
Tryamkin joined the Vancouver Canucks amid considerable hype and instead of distancing himself from the lofty expectations, he added a log or two to the fire.
“He would like to surpass and be better than Zdeno Chara,” interpreter Maxim Vayntraub said after Tryamkin was asked who he modelled his game after.