I've come around on Zucc a bit over the past few days in terms of what he'd add for Calgary.
Would really bridge the gap in terms of the drop-off offensively between our 4th and 5th forward; right now the difference between Tkachuk and Backlund in terms of offensive production is huge. One guy's a PPG winger, and the other guy is trending to ~45ish points. It's not taking anything away from his Selke level defence abilities, Frolik after his torrid production post Agent twitter ***** session; has cooled off. He's a luxury to have on your bottom 6, but really a poor man's 2RW.
How do Rangers fans feel about:
2019 Conditional 1st round pick (condition being we either make the conference finals, OR Zucc resigns in Calgary before the draft), 2020 second round if not.
2020 3rd Round pick
Rangers pick of the following prospects: Curtis Lazar, Kerby Rychel, Spencer Foo, Rinat Valiev or Brett Pollock
Mats Zuccarello
I know the preference would be just to get a first, but we know Treliving is stingy in terms of using his firsts, he normally likes cost controlled age-appropriate players in those deals. And while Mats is a good player, he's a UFA on the wrong side of 30.