Yeah, I have to agree. I think people are way too heavy on public analytics to think ZAR would be their go to with Zucker and even Pettersson available. The only reason it makes sense is if they are hitting high cap stuff on other teams.
Nobody thinks they will take ZAR because he is good at scoring goals. They will take ZAR because he has good defensive fancystats for near league min. They can spend their cap in better ways than Zucker, Tanev, or PettersonI don’t see why Seattle would pick a fourth line, likely overpaid player. Pens’ fans are delusional when it comes to our hardworking, skill-less fourth line. ZAR scored 1 goal over his last 20+ regular season games. Dude vanished offensively. Guys like that are a dime a dozen, and likely are half the price.
Hell, grab Tanev and retain some salary and flip him at the deadline or do the same with Zucker. Ronny will never get a call about ZAR.
Who is to say he wants league minimum? That’s prob what he is worth, but I thought he wanted more?Nobody thinks they will take ZAR because he is good at scoring goals. They will take ZAR because he has good defensive fancystats for near league min. They can spend their cap in better ways than Zucker, Tanev, or Petterson
I just get this feeling Tanev is too obvious here. He’ll probably play 3rd line and has a consistent pulse in almost every game he plays. Passionate, fan favorite, etc. Great for a brand new franchise.
It's ZAR.
I think the talk about lack of blueliners is a bit overblown (so Petts isn't as likely), and there's plenty of expensive options up front (so Zucker wont get picked).
Depending on what ZAR gets, I'd argue he's not good value for the money either.Yep. None of our expensive guys are good value for money.
That's why we want to get rid of them.
It'll be Zucker bc he's the most valuable. He's got a decent contract and he's got "name recognition". Francis would easily be able to flip him for assets.