Confirmed with Link: Zubrus Unconditionally Released

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Christ... it really wasn't fair for Stevens to have to share a coaching spot with someone as incompetent as Oates.

You want to see a the double-colored line above the dotted line (team line). Both of them fall off a cliff right around the time you might expect.

 

[Tundra]

Guys. I have a confession. My name is Ray Shero. LOL

 

[Claudi27]

I liked Zubrus but he needed to wake the **** up

good move

 

[Bleedred]

Thank god!

The 3 year contract should have never happened, I doubt it would have if he hit the free agent market that year. All he would have gotten was two. Just going by what other forwards his age got that year.

Liked him back in the day, but he's been our worst forward the last season and a half. Even worse than Ryder and Havlat, any of the 4th liners and worse than the 13-14 Steve Bernier who didn't get nearly as much top line ice time as he did last year.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Thank god!

The 3 year contract should have never happened, I doubt it would have if he hit the free agent market that year. All he would have gotten was two. Just going by what other forwards his age got that year.

Liked him back in the day, but he's been our worst forward the last season and a half. Even worse than Ryder and Havlat, any of the 4th liners and worse than the 13-14 Steve Bernier who didn't get nearly as much top line ice time as he did last year.

He was the worst full time forward in the entire NHL last season.

 

[Marv4Life]

Seems like a cool guy but it's time to move on. Busy summer so far.

 

[Nubmer6]

Any chance Zubes asked for this? it gives him a chance to latch on somewhere else. Maybe he saw that there was really no place for him on this team anymore.

 

[britdevil]

Wow... Shero clearing house.

 

[Big Drive]

Gonna miss Zubrus. Like everyone said, a good soldier and complete professional. He even showed up to Hynes' introduction as head coach. I wonder if he saw the writing on the wall back then.

 

[Colin226]

Wonder who gets the #8

 

[Devil X]

Wonder who gets the #8

Zacha

 

[ghdi]

There is a fan who wears a #8 Devils jersey to games with these words on the back:

"Lithuanian Love Machine"

She must be devastated right about now.

Ive seen her around the arena. I wonder if she will still wear it. Ridiculous jersey.

 

[Ders Effect]

Best wishes, homie.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Best wishes, homie.

Building was rocking that night.
Hope we get to experience that again soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg5osny2o2s

 

[Devils Dominion]

Zubrus off the ice feature from 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVaLUvCE_h4

 

[Emperoreddy]

This does really suck but ideally he shouldn't of even been under contract for this season.

Hope when he decides to finish playing completely he comes back and has some role with the team.

 

[ghoti]

I wonder if Gomez will show up to camp in disguise to try to win his spot back.

 

[Zippy316]

Best wishes, homie.

That was one of the best games of that run -- very underrated as far as memorable moments goes.

 

[MadDevil]

Zubrus has been one of my favorite players since he became a Devil, so I'm sad to see him go this way. Shero has no loyalty to any of the "old guard", which is understandable. If he feels this is the way to go, I'm not going to argue it. Thanks for everything Zubie. You were a warrior for a long time for this team.

 

[Bleedred]

I think his NHL career is over. I wouldn't have ruled out a training camp tryout, it's just that there's a lot of younger and better UFA's that haven't been signed anywhere.

Even Bernier and Gomez might be on the outside looking in once the season starts.

I think Zubrus can probably get an overseas contract somewhere, KHL or anywhere overseas.

I'd put Zubrus on par with Brendan Morrow at this point, both are the same age too. Morrow wasn't signed anywhere yet, doubt he ever will be in North America. I think the same goes for Zubrus. Olli Jokinen is another comparable.

For the record, I wouldn't have completely rioted if Zubrus was kept but in a 4th line role ONLY. I think it's best that he's off the team though, especially when we also turned away Bernier and Gomez. When people have called this team (particularly forwards on this team) untalented, old and slow, Zubrus epitomizes that phrase for me.

 

[Bleedred]

I'm glad Ray did exactly what I've been hoping would happen.

Buying out Zubrus but doing it so that his entire cap hit stays on for next year, then we don't have to have a buyout cap hit for the season after.

I always said that it's not about clearing cap space for me, it's about clearing a player that doesn't have the ability to play in the NHL anymore from our roster.

 

[GhostofKenKlee]

Zubrus and I get our suits at the same place and share a tailor.

He's been in the league for a long time and was known "hound" to put it lightly in the Philly area/Shore for the longest time.

He's an interesting guy off ice, he's a bit of a bon vivant who enjoys photography, music and coffee and I wish him and his family the best.

 

[SeidoN]

Shero is like the personified will of HF Devils

 

[MadDevil]

Shero is like the personified will of HF Devils

So you're saying Gionta is next?

 

[SeidoN]

So you're saying Gionta is next?

lets not get ahead of ourselves