McJadeddog
Registered User
Some Wild fan said that if we end up with a 6-8th pick and they get a mid teens pick, they would add Zucker to exchange picks.
Zucker is the exact type of "mid tier winger" that this team needs. 20+ goals in 4 of the past 5 seasons, young enough to be part of the solution, makes $5.5 so won't break the bank, and signed for 4 more years. Unfortunately, it will take a lot more than a 8-10th overall draft pick to get a player like Zucker.
That is the EXACT type of trade we should be looking at though. Getting a "maybe" in the 8-10 spot doesn't help us for 3-5 years, as those players almost always take a few years to be ready (if they are ever ready). A "Zucker type" could step right onto our team, and score 25 goals for the next 4 years playing with McDavid or Drai. Helping us actually win some games while we still have 97/29, before 1 of them asks for a trade because the team is so freaking terrible year and year. Eventually we have to realize that our "window to win" is the next 6 years, starting TODAY. Waiting for 3-5 years for a maybe player to actually help isn't the answer.