- Dec 10, 2012
- 40,606
- 18,924
one year of missing the playoffs and he breaks down and needs to leave? interesting I didnt know he was going to be so fragile not to mention getting a taste of the 2nd round just to get blown out and go home somehow is going to help this entire team improve? We need much more than 3 players to "taste" playoff success
i will take the odds of us moving up 10 spots over us making the 2nd round.
If anything, showing Kaprizov that we have a bright future here (in the form of good youth/prospects who can support him) by the time they're negotiating his next contract will go at least as far as making the second round once and getting swept. Losing in four games in the second round this year isn't gonna be a moment Kaprizov looks back on and says "wow, yeah, that was fun, let's do more of that".
Except that Fiala was healthy, Zuccarello was not. How many times do we have to remind people about that. Zucc should be respected for trying to help the team despite being hurt, not bashed
If Zuccarello can't produce because he's hurt every year come playoff time, he's no longer a player we need on this team, certainly not in a premier position across from our best player.