Nikita Zadorov clears the air on his comments about Jeremy Swayman being a problem in the Bruins locker room
There has been controversy looming in the Boston organization following an altercation that struck during one of their recent games, as one of the player's in the Bruins roster was seemingly frustrated with his goaltender, however, the forward has spoken up regarding this incident.
On March 23, the Boston Bruins took on the Las Angeles Kings, which evidently created a stirred
altercation between each team's netminder, the Bruins'
Jeremy Swayman and the Kings'
Darcy Kuemper.
Following the altercation, during postgame interviews that evening, the Bruins'
Nikita Zadorov was seeming frustrated and disinterested on speaking of the matter, leaving fans to speculate he was not fond of Jeremy Swayman and that the netminder is becoming an issue within Boston's locker room.
However, Shawn Hutcheon, an NHL insider, revealed Nikita Zadorov addressed his comments during last night's postgame interviews regarding his dull comments towards Jeremy Swayman:
«Today in SoCal, Nikita Zadorov addressed his comment on Jeremy Swayman in LA, 'At the time (7-2 loss), I was frustrated and whatever I said, it wasn't towards the player. I didn't expect the question. I tried to stay away from finding positives. There were a lot negatives'»
The Boston Bruins released footage of last night's full postgame interview with Zadorov, take a look:
«Nikita Zadorov met with the media following #NHLBruins practice on Tuesday afternoon at Honda Center in Anaheim:»
With all being said, Zadorov revealed his intention was never to disregard his goaltender, and he never meant to portray frustration towards him.
Do you think Nikita Zadorov really meant what he said? Or is Swayman actually becoming a problem?
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MARS 26 | 1454 ANSWERS Nikita Zadorov clears the air on his comments about Jeremy Swayman being a problem in the Bruins locker room Do you think Nikita Zadorov really meant what he said? Or is Swayman actually becoming a problem? |
I think he meant what he said | 798 | 54.9 % |
It was in the heat of the moment | 292 | 20.1 % |
I think he is frustrated with him | 364 | 25 % |
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