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Confirmed with Link: Zuccarello Re-Signs (1 year/3.5 AAV)
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Hire Sather
He Is Our Star
After watching him play so well last year, which do you think is more likely?
He doesn't even need to score 70 points. He can put up 60 again and still raise his value above 4.5.
This is really disappointing. The guy took a major low salary last season, was our best forward and energy player, and this is how we handle it? This guy's talent, passion and work ethic won't reduce any time soon. Should have locked him up, when the chance was there to do it and at what would likely be a great cap hit for seasons to come.
Kreider Typical
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do you REALLY think that he's going to put up 10 points next season? 20? 30? you play the odds in this scenario-- we're gonna have to pay him before the summer or we're going to be paying more than that. zucc was one of the most important players on this team all season.
this deal works for both parties. we had no other option. 4.5 for this season would've hurt our chances at signing brassard and kreider. zucc took one for the team here no doubt at all and if sather's smart he'll reward him for it on january 1st to encourage the kids to take similar actions.
zucc deserves a big contract if he repeats. i think he looked just as good under torts but he was so mismanaged that it's amazing he's not back in norway. this guy is a star and he's going to be til the day he retires.
eco's bones
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Rangers will have to sort out over the course of this next season who they're going to keep. We can only handle so many big contracts. Whatever deals we make moving veterans whether it's Staal, Brassard or whoever is going to have to be made with $'s in mind--meaning younger, cheaper players coming back. Players like Kreider, Hagelin don't cost that much right now. Staal, Brassard may turn out to be more than they're worth to us.
St. Louis is another guy. He might not be worth his current cap hit for us next year. If he give a discount that might be another thing.
Anyway for now this deal works. I think Zuccarello really wants to be here.
St. Louis is another guy. He might not be worth his current cap hit for us next year. If he give a discount that might be another thing.
Anyway for now this deal works. I think Zuccarello really wants to be here.
BlueshirtBlitz
Foolish Samurai
That's not how gambling works.
Obviously if he puts up 40 points next year and we paid him then he's an overpaid 3rd liner.
But let me ask you, what if he comes in and puts up 70 points this year, and then we lose him?
BlueshirtBlitz
Foolish Samurai
Second time now that he does the team a favor and signs a one year deal. I thought he would be rewarded after signing a low 1 year deal last year and he was the best ranger throughout the season. But no gratitude from Sather. But on the other hand i think Zucc would rather be on a team that can compete for the Cup than earning an extra mill a year. Its the trophies the real athletes play for.
Rick Nash 61
The Best
I think we will without a doubt re-sign zucc long term I'm thinking 5mm per season at most. Probably somewhere in between 4.5 and 5. I think Brassard is a bit of an issue for us though. He's not worth 5.5 per year hopefully he gets talked down to 4.5-5 per as well.
Idlerlee
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Except if Zucc leaves, its almost guaranteed not by his unwillingness to drop his salary, which is what Callahan refused to do.
No arbitration, Rangers leading point scorer, McDonald award winner, locker room favorite, playoff performer. You're a special kind of pessimistic sadist if you don think he'll get offered long term in january.
There isnt any reason why the Rangers would consider trading him. He's part of the teams future, with Stepan, Kreider, McDonagh, Girardi and Hank. And Nash, sadly, unless he delivers the goods next season
LaffyTaffyNYR
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How the **** do you only sign this guy for 1 year?
just add to the list of players we need to sign or keep next season..
Stepan
Staal
Hagelin
St Louis
now Zucc.
great
just add to the list of players we need to sign or keep next season..
Stepan
Staal
Hagelin
St Louis
now Zucc.
great
Tawnos
A guy with a bass
Hanks group status isn't the point. He was arbitration eligible. He settled on a one year deal at a low cap hit in order to work on an extension without the worry of the cap crunch the Rangers were under that season or the acrimony of an arbitration hearing.
It's pretty much the same situation. Zuccarello has some more leverage because of UFA, but the concept is similar.
Rick Nash 61
The Best
If the cap increases like it's supposed to next year we won't have a problem honestly.
HatTrick Swayze
Just Be Nice
Thanks for the advice about learning to read between the lines. After next season, with another productive season, his cap hit will be significantly higher.
This is an example of something that frustrates me to no end about the Rangers cap management. They refuse to leverage cheap No-Arb/RFA years to bring down cap hit. And the reason is because they need every last dollar to pursue the next big UFA, or overpaid bottom-6 UFA.
Let's say Zucc signs a 4 year deal next summer at 5, 5, 5.5, 5.5. $5.25M cap hit. If they didn't need every last penny this season for other stupid ****, they could sign him for 5 years at 3.5, 5, 5, 5.5, 5.5. $4.9M cap hit. Maybe he takes a million less for the security of extra years right now - $4.7M cap hit. Maybe next year he realizes he could get $6.5M as a UFA and he walks like Stralman, Boyle, and Pouliot.
People said the same thing about Callahan. The Rangers would have traded Girardi as well.
Rick Nash 61
The Best
Technically it wouldn't be safe to lock up any player in the nhl with this mindset.
How do you know? People weren't calling Callahan a selfish ***** after he signed his last RFA deal either...
Rick Nash 61
The Best
Because this is the second time Zucc has taken a pay cut to stay with the team. If he has gone through arbitration this year he would have gotten more money. This contract just sets up a long term deal. He took a cut last year to help re-sign Stepan. That's just the type of guy he is.
