Confirmed with Link: Devils re-sign Pavel Zacha (3 years, $2.25 AAV)

[Hisch13r]

Fine deal

 

[Freudian]

Oldest trick in the book.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Another one down.

Bring out the Hall folder

 

[AfroThunder396]

I'm sure these back door insurance policy kind of European deals get negotiated all the time and no one ever knows about it. I'm just wondering if Stefan intentionally released this because he thought it would help him, or if he was just careless and it got out without him knowing.

 

[njdevils1982]

Oldest trick in the book.

the oldest trick in the book is turning tricks

 

[Sgt Brylin]

Now do Nico and Hall.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I don't see anything to complain about, we have plenty of cap space and even more coming off in the next few years.

Plus it keeps my Zacha player t shirt reveleant for a while longer lol

And if he sucks this season we can always leave him open for the Seattle expansion draft.

 

[Darkauron]

That was the shortest off season soap opera ever. Oh i remember the Days of Our Kovalchuks

 

[None Shall Pass]

That was the shortest off season soap opera ever. Oh i remember the Days of Our Kovalchuks

The Gusev saga only lasted about 4 or 5 hours before the team started tweeting Goose gifs.

 

[NJDevils17]

“There are teams out there who like Pavel Zacha, too. Monday’s mini-blowuphad other GMs wondering if the Devils would trade him, although Tuesday’s treaty makes that unlikely. Two-way centre who kills penalties. Still young, room to evolve. Centres are hard to find.”

From the 31 thoughts column.

Not gonna lie, I find this a little hard fo believe.

 

[njdevils1982]

The Gusev saga only lasted about 4 or 5 hours before the team started tweeting Goose gifs.

a goose?…. now something about some duck?……hell, we already have a rabbit ….what kind of farm show is happening here?!

 

[OmNomNom]

“There are teams out there who like Pavel Zacha, too. Monday’s mini-blowuphad other GMs wondering if the Devils would trade him, although Tuesday’s treaty makes that unlikely. Two-way centre who kills penalties. Still young, room to evolve. Centres are hard to find.”

From the 31 thoughts column.

Not gonna lie, I find this a little hard fo believe.

they didn't say what cost

he's a bit of a ?, and could be a very good buy-low kind of guy, like palmieri

 

[MartyOwns]

“There are teams out there who like Pavel Zacha, too. Monday’s mini-blowuphad other GMs wondering if the Devils would trade him, although Tuesday’s treaty makes that unlikely. Two-way centre who kills penalties. Still young, room to evolve. Centres are hard to find.”

From the 31 thoughts column.

Not gonna lie, I find this a little hard fo believe.

a serious contender would love to have zacha on their fourth line at that price

 

[Burner Account]

“There are teams out there who like Pavel Zacha, too. Monday’s mini-blowuphad other GMs wondering if the Devils would trade him, although Tuesday’s treaty makes that unlikely. Two-way centre who kills penalties. Still young, room to evolve. Centres are hard to find.”

From the 31 thoughts column.

Not gonna lie, I find this a little hard fo believe.

He's a cheap, serviceable NHL center. He just looks a lot worse because he was #6 overall in a good class, from which there are 11 first-rounders selected after him with more NHL points.

Pavel Zacha the NHL player is ok. Pavel Zacha the #6 overall pick in a good class is bad.

 

[HBK27]

“There are teams out there who like Pavel Zacha, too. Monday’s mini-blowuphad other GMs wondering if the Devils would trade him, although Tuesday’s treaty makes that unlikely. Two-way centre who kills penalties. Still young, room to evolve. Centres are hard to find.”

From the 31 thoughts column.

Not gonna lie, I find this a little hard fo believe.

Why would it be hard to believe other teams would have interest in Zacha? He is already an established NHL player, was a 6th overall pick and is still only 22. I'm sure there would've been plenty of teams interested for the right price.

 

[Triumph]

a serious contender would love to have zacha on their fourth line at that price

No one who would be interested in Zacha as a trade piece would be interested in him as a 4th line player.

 

[Billdo]

Why would it be hard to believe other teams would have interest in Zacha? He is already an established NHL player, was a 6th overall pick and is still only 22. I'm sure there would've been plenty of teams interested for the right price.

It's not hard to believe to anyone with a brain but some of these posters in here see him as a failure because he hasn't put up a lot of points.

 

[AfroThunder396]

There are a lot of teams out there who would love to take a flyer on Zacha. High draft pick, still very young, considerable untapped offensive upside but a pretty safe floor as an every night NHL regular.

No one would give up premium assets but I can definitely see other teams being interested. He's a great option as a low/mid risk reclamation project.

 

[HBK27]

It's not hard to believe to anyone with a brain but some of these posters in here see him as a failure because he hasn't put up a lot of points.

I get that he's been a disappointing pick at #6 in THAT draft, but the amount of posters completely writing this guy off to the point that they were fine with the Devils losing an asset like that to the KHL was rather surprising.

 

[MartyOwns]

No one who would be interested in Zacha as a trade piece would be interested in him as a 4th line player.

oh ok

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Well he certainly didn’t want to take less money, and if he really wanted to play in the KHL he would not have signed.

Not wanting less money than he's worth and wanting more money than he's worth are two very different things.

 

[My3Sons]

the oldest trick in the book is turning tricks

I thought that was the oldest profession. According to Keyser Soze the oldest trick was the devil convincing the world he didn't exist or something like that.

 

[glenwo2]

This will really hurt his KHL production this season.

Underrated post.

My FAVORITE Zacha moment from last season.

(especially Cangy's reaction. )

 

[Triumph]

oh ok

How many contenders have traded for young players of Zacha's type and then stuck them on the 4th line since the establishment of the salary cap? It's not something that happens.

 

[glenwo2]

“There are teams out there who like Pavel Zacha, too. Monday’s mini-blowuphad other GMs wondering if the Devils would trade him, although Tuesday’s treaty makes that unlikely. Two-way centre who kills penalties. Still young, room to evolve. Centres are hard to find.”

From the 31 thoughts column.

Not gonna lie, I find this a little hard fo believe.

Damn. We must have been on the brink of War with the nation of Zacha if a Treaty was needed.