Confirmed with Link: Sabres Sign Jason Zucker, 1 year, $5M AAV
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So far, a quarter of the way through the season, Zucker is someone who they can drop on any line and help it get going. That's worth something.
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He is also mentoring Kulich apparently. The Anderson effect ?
MOGlLNY
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Yeah, Zucker and Kulich were having some conversations on the bench in a couple of the shots of the coaches yesterday. It was kinda cool.
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Zucker seems to be constantly talking to a lot of the guys on the bench -- I've seen him and Benson involved in conversations as well.
One of the things Zucker (and Lafferty) has said is that he felt like his brand of leadership was sorely needed in the Sabres locker room (or something to that effect). Sure looks like a good fit on the surface.
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Veteran leaders who are actually contributing on the ice certainly feel like their word will go a lot farther than a leader who is past their prime which is what we had last year.
Or a "veteran" who was just using the team to fix his agent messing up UFA and then not showing up like Hall.
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Yup. Only November but no matter what happens with Zucker and the org I'll definitely always cheer for him now.
He's shown up and is very clearly taking seriously the role the Sabres asked of him on and off the ice.
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Both Zucker and McLeod have been our 2 best moves this offseason and it's not even close. Zucker , in particular, has been a crazy surprise. Reminding me of the player that I loved when he was on the Wild. Just a incredible asset to have this season.
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I'm not going to expect him to break 60 pts. 50pt+ would be excellent. That's actually 2nd line production.
His real value is going to come from his leadership. Some veteran sign with a team, and show up for a pacheck. Others relish in their role as a leader. They take it seriously, and truly want to be a mentor to the young players.
Zucker couldve been Hall 2.0. Collect his paycheck, and get moved to a contender at the deadline. It's only a one year deal after all. The team was spiraling early in the season. Would've been easier to mail it in, and wait for the TDL to play for a real team, but he was consistently battling even during the lows of that terrible start.
Hopefully, it rubs off on the younger players, and becomes something they carry with them the rest of their careers.
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I said it when we signed him, but if you looked at his underlyings last season, he was a prime bounce back candidate (unless age actually did hit him like a sack of bricks this year). Not surprised to see him scoring at the rate he has been. Dude is the type of effective veteran player we’ve been missing.
I would put him in as unsung hero of the first quarter of the season.
