Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] F Jason Zucker signs with the Sabres (1 year, $5M)

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$5M for some TDL picks if he explodes and actually stays healthy?
Bold move I guess. Good luck Zuck!
 
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DJN21

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ehh, it's for one year, unlike some of the awful FA contracts they have signed in the past. Sabres get a top 6, motivated player. Zucker is a good pro, if he can stay healthy. Will provide secondary scoring, decent two way play, and is feisty. If he doesn't deliver 40-50 points this year, no harm done, you move on next year with no problem, or even sell him at the TDL for a pick.

Don't understand the angst. Would you rather have paid Toffoli 6M x 4, or Marchessault till he is 40?
Id rather give marsh a blank freaking check than this lol
 
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His underlyings last season were as good as ever, just had a low sh% and reduced ice time. Unless he *actually* drops off a cliff due to aging this coming season, he seems like a good candidate for a bounce back year.
He is 32 on a 1 year deal he will likely get a boost in TOI and usage will probably be used as a middle six guy instead of a strictly 3rd liner
 

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Takes two to tango.

$5 million is too much for Zucker but the 1 year gives flexibility so if he's chugging along at 20 goal pace come deadline and the Sabres are out of it then they can flip him for a 2nd or a 3rd and a 5th. If he's putting up 3rd line numbers then can flip him for a 5th/6th/7th.
What does this have anything to do with whether or not we could have gotten Marchessault instead?
 
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Mattilaus

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Buffalo sure has to overpay to sign guys.
Even when we overpay we can't get premium guys. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say there isn't a single team in the NHL who has it harder when it comes to NMCs and signing free agents. Its obviously the teams fault for getting to this point, but f*** does it suck as a fan.
 

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It’s like Christmas Day and all your friends got Xboxes and skateboards and you got Jason Zucker. WTF? Why?

I’m sorry, I keep scrolling through the list of deals and this sticks out like an infected zit.

Anyway, welcome to Buffalo, Jason.
 

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Sabres are planning to bring up 2 players out of the group of Rosen, Ostlund, Kulich and Savoie to the team at some point this year. Zucker is a placeholder in case that group of players isn’t ready. If they are he can still slot in to the lineup or be traded at the trade deadline. I know many Sabres fans don’t want to hear this but I think that they really believe in these prospects.
 

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Shouldn’t Buffalo be trying to make the playoffs? I figured they past the let’s buy ourselves mid round picks phase.
 

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I think the league pooled some funds together to give to the Sabres money to reward Zucker for his retalitory hit on Cousins
 

DingDongCharlie

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I don't at all understand the reasoning of buying out Skinner just to go out and sign a similar player @ 5m. If Zucker is just here as a placeholder as someone mentioned, why not hold off 1 more season on the Skinner buyout?
 

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I don't at all understand the reasoning of buying out Skinner just to go out and sign a similar player @ 5m. If Zucker is just here as a placeholder as someone mentioned, why not hold off 1 more season on the Skinner buyout?
cause he doesn't play defense and also probably just wanted out at this point
 
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Jeff Skinner and Jason Zucker don't play anything alike
And it's only a 1 year deal we don't expect him to replace skinner offense we got him to be reasonably better defensively with a chance at an offensive touch. He could very well bounce back had a 46% ozs and the year before had a positive corsica he could score 12+ goals and chip in anywhere from 35-40 points while providing good defense the expectation is that the young guys keep improving and that Thompson and tuch both bounce back for a full year and hopefully we can be healthy.
 
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