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

[Bowski]

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

 

[Cancuks]

Buffalo sure has to overpay to sign guys.

 

[DJN21]

Id rather

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

 

[Faceboner]

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

 

[Mattilaus]

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?

 

[Mattilaus]

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.

 

[wej20]

What does this have anything to do with whether or not we could have gotten Marchessault instead?

I was agreeing with you. It is all very well people saying they'd have rather signed Player A but Player A has to be willing to sign for your team.

 

[IronSac]

Do you really think 1 mil would have done it? No state tax in nashville, play on a cup contenter, better weather, and better city. Why does he choose Buffalo over Nashville for 1 mil again?

Better city my ass. Nashville sucks.

 

[Dog]

As a leaf fan I approve of this! That is all!

 

[ItWasJustified]

Horrific. Don't the Sabres have 6-7 prospects that would need that ice time?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

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.

 

[Spurgeon]

How does he keep finding teams to give him $5M+?

 

[johnnybbadd]

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.

 

[Matty Sundin]

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

 

[WeDislikeEich]

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

This actually is Buffalo’s GM trying to make the playoffs.

lol

 

[ZJuice]

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

 

[DingDongCharlie]

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?

 

[valet]

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

 

[Dirty Dog]

Horrific. Don't the Sabres have 6-7 prospects that would need that ice time?

Probably hence the one year deal. Let’s the Sabres transition to a top forward prospect in the role next year

 

[kanucks25]

Decent all-around middle-6 forward.

5M is definitely an overpayment but I guess they decided they rather overpay for 1 year than give him multiple years.

 

[MOGlLNY]

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?

Jeff Skinner and Jason Zucker don't play anything alike

 

[Davenport]

Jeff Skinner and Jason Zucker don't play anything alike

Bingo!

 

[TheStatican]

How does he keep finding teams to give him $5M+?

I guess Zucker's game is slick, he's got teams falling for his sucker's trick.

 

[Faceboner]

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.

 

[markpenske]

Sabres have no plan...

ummm, clearly you haven't seen the signing of Dennis Gilbert
and perhaps you haven't seen the signing of Bryson.