Well Zacha can’t rebound if he was never there in the first place but permanently being on the wing should help there.
You brought up the Hughes and Zajac line comparison before and I responded with the stats for both.
Devils 2021 team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part XXIX
I guess you can see folly in pointing out things like the goaltending was way better then or that they were just a bit plain luckier (as seen by vast differences in PDO). And just how good Hughes line is in possession etc (which is a thing.)
I don’t know why your “stat usage” is superior considering your mostly taking random swipes at 1/3 of the forwards on the team not named Zacha to create an argument that, as far as I can tell, is “everybody else is wrong about a lot of stuff (which I’m right about too?) so I’m totally right about Zacha”.
I’m not sure what you want to have happen here. The board is generally more pro-Zacha then it’s ever been. Almost all the people who want to trade him are talking about getting useful players in return, not dumping him. If you keep next season’s projections optimistic but realistic then there’s a real chance you can finish the victory lap.
Arguing that Zacha’s just as good as various stars in this league and will get 30G/70 points is testing the boundaries of reality though. In the end we have to wait until next season to see the exciting next chapter of this big goof’s development. Trust me, I’m genuinely rooting for the guy and I’ll be bummed if his 5v5 shooting is in the crapper again. (Or he plays more at center.)