Poor Zucc. Gets traded from the team he loves, has a great first game with his new team, then breaks his arm and is out a month at least.Confirmed broken arm. Yikes.
playoffs onlyIs that 50% condition for just playoff games or all games post-trade?
playoffs only
Poor Zucc. Gets traded from the team he loves, has a great first game with his new team, then breaks his arm and is out a month at least.
Judging by what Stone just got from the VGK, I thi9nk everyone's price just went up.Well there were reports he wanted 5/30.
Honestly, this is the 1st time EVER in my life that something like this happened this way. Ordinarily, my team ACQUIRES a player and shortly afterwards, is injured. Really sucks.Confirmed broken arm. Yikes.
I honestly don’t know what Dallas is doing, but it’s just a bit of a stretch to think the Stars are renting to make a Cup run. But the Rangers think the Stars will make a run at re-signing Zuccarello, with no Texas state income tax. On Sunday in Chicago, Zuccarello said he hadn’t even considered anything beyond this playoff run with the Stars.
Pretty much what I’ve been thinking since the trade went down. The Stars are not rebuilding. The other item I had to enlighten a few non-Ranger fans about was that Zuccarello was one of the top-selling jerseys in the league. Don’t think that goes unnoticed by the ownership in Dallas.Not sure if this has been mentioned here.
Rick Carpiniello wrote this on Sunday night after the Capitals game. It was in his game recap blog.
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The Rangers know Zuccarello's market better than anyone. They know which teams really like Zuccarello. Jeff Gorton spent a full calendar year trying to trade players off his roster. He knows which team likes which player.
Dallas is at the top of the list.
The Stars winning two playoff runs is a long shot. Maybe you can see them playing well and losing in a six or seven game series or maybe winning one round.
The Stars re-signing Zuccarello and the Rangers getting a 1st in 2020 is more realistic than the Stars winning two playoff rounds this season.
Double edged sword. Zuccarello getting hurt doesn't give him enough time to make an impression on the Stars but it also hurts his marketability for other teams. The Stars are big Zuccarello fans already.
I think people who think he has no shot at resigning don’t realize that while they aren’t really contenders, they certainly aren’t looking at their short term future through the same lens that the Rangers arePretty much what I’ve been thinking since the trade went down. The Stars are not rebuilding. The other item I had to enlighten a few non-Ranger fans about was that Zuccarello was one of the top-selling jerseys in the league. Don’t think that goes unnoticed by the ownership in Dallas.
I think people who think he has no shot at resigning don’t realize that while they aren’t really contenders, they certainly aren’t looking at their short term future through the same lens that the Rangers are
This has to be the silliest thing I’ve ever seen just because he is short he shouldn’t do it that’s like telling somebody who is dyslexic don’t bother learning to read because it won’t help you in the long runZucc is an idiot. Is this the 3rd or 4th time hes broken his hand/arm/wrist now blocking shots? He even broke it in AHL getting it stuck in the plexiglass or whatever.
Not to mention standing in front of the net getting himself almost killed. You dont ****ing do that when youre barely above 5 feet tall and every normal shot will come at your head height.
Its just plain stupid and it seems he will never learn.
Exactly. Dallas isn’t rebuilding. They have big money tied up in Benn, Radulov, Seguin and Bishop. Paying a 1st for a player like Zuccarello for the next four years, when playoff revenue is needed to pay for the big salaries is not a big outlay.
I would imagine they will be looking to off-load some money this off-season (Hanzal, Nichuskin) so they can add another forward. Io think they really want Zuccarello to stick around but they will need another couple of forwards. Spezza is leaving so that will save some money but they need to re-allocate some funds properly.
I could see them being interested in a guy like Nyquist when he reaches UFA and signing Zuccarello to provide secondary scoring.
Or perhaps Brassard to fill in the 2nd line center role.
I think Gorton is a guy who has no scruples. If Dallas resigns Zucc I think he will have Dolan hire a busload of ***** trappers and send them to Dallas to break up some marriages. Half-way into next season every marriage in that locker-room will probably have a case number at the court house. Zucc is probably the type who would carry someone else's suitcase across customs, would anyone be surprised if Zucc is stuck in some prison in Thailand or whatever facing smuggling charges before the summer ends? Would anyone be surprised if Khudobin mid season cries out in the press for it being so hard to focus when Chechen guerilla have kidnapped every relative you have back home without even asking for a ransom?
Maybe I am exaggerating a little bit, but I just think that Gorton comes across as someone you rather have on your side than on the opposite side if you get what I mean. What do you guys think?
Ola, if nothing else, you are entertaining.