Confirmed with Link: Zucker to Nashville for 2024 6th round pick (from DAL), no retention

[rt]

Not using retention only matters if we use it on someone else. If we don’t, then it’s ownership being cheap af which will piss me off

Arenas are pricey when you can’t use public funds.

 

[Jakey53]

Return sucks but I say good riddance. He was supposed to come in and offer secondary scoring and leadership and did neither.

He didn't have the goals but other than that I can't complain. Where do you get the impression he didn't offer leadership?

 

[Mangosteen]

On the positive side there is a 16 percent chance this pick plays an NHL game. It's not zero

 

[Howling Overseas]

The returns seem lackluster league-wide.
I assume trading those upcoming UFAs, no matter the return, is important for next year. A promise for future one-year signings that we will trade them to a playoff team if we aren't one.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Not using retention only matters if we use it on someone else. If we don’t, then it’s ownership being cheap af which will piss me off

Prepare to be pissed

He didn't have the goals but other than that I can't complain. Where do you get the impression he didn't offer leadership?

i swear many posters could use the same name… fly on the wall.

 

[LittlePipes]

I enjoyed watching Zucker play. I thought he was good. Not sure why some on the site a glad to see him go.

 

[DustyDangler]

I enjoyed watching Zucker play. I thought he was good. Not sure why some on the site a glad to see him go.

Expectations too high? Maybe they thought he was a .75 ppg player instead of a .50?

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Expectations too high? Maybe they thought he was a .75 ppg player instead of a .50?

I didn't care about his production. I wanted him to be a Ray Whitney-style veteran leader, but what we got seemed to be more Derek Stepan (albeit less frat-boyish).

 

[Coyotedroppings]

I didn't care about his production. I wanted him to be a Ray Whitney-style veteran leader, but what we got seemed to be more Derek Stepan (albeit less frat-boyish).

Aaaaaand we know this how?

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Aaaaaand we know this how?

The evidence on the ice!

 

[Coyotedroppings]

The evidence on the ice!

The only real evidence that separates Zuckerberg from Whitney is the lack of photo bombs!

 

[TheLegend]

The evidence on the ice!

And that he was on a one-year deal.

It was always a showcase deal.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

The only real evidence that separates Zuckerberg from Whitney is the lack of photo bombs!

Photobombing Todd Walsh's interviews is not only leadership, it's a public service...

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Photobombing Todd Walsh's interviews is not only leadership, it's a public service...

LOL, I gots no smart ass comeback for that!

 

[The Feckless Puck]

LOL, I gots no smart ass comeback for that!

 

[ck26]

Expectations too high? Maybe they thought he was a .75 ppg player instead of a .50?

I swear I spent all season thinking "oh, he's on pace for 50-55 points" and only just noticed he's not. Like, at all. Disappointing signing, disappointing return ... moving on.

 

[moosemeister]

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What a team this group was.

 

[TheLegend]

Well we did retain on Zucker after all.

 

[GhostofTommyBolin]

Not using retention only matters if we use it on someone else. If we don’t, then it’s ownership being cheap af which will piss me off

I've got some bad news for you in about 30 minutes.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

The only real evidence that separates Zuckerberg from Whitney is the lack of photo bombs!

One invented Facebook, the other the cotton gin?

 

[Coyotedroppings]

One invented Facebook, the other the cotton gin?

Haha… autocorrect!

Ol’ Eli….. ended the craftsman and Mark… well, he started a shitstorm. LOL

 

[GhostofTommyBolin]

Not using retention only matters if we use it on someone else. If we don’t, then it’s ownership being cheap af which will piss me off

Well...

 

[Matias Maccete]

I'm still glad we had him if only for his immediate retaliatory board on Cousins.

 

[DustyDangler]

I swear I spent all season thinking "oh, he's on pace for 50-55 points" and only just noticed he's not. Like, at all. Disappointing signing, disappointing return ... moving on.

He had 48 points last year with Crosby, Guentzel, Malkin, Letang types. He is on a 40 point pace this year with....well...not those guys. He hasn't been above 50pts since '17-'18.

It is pretty clear folks had expectations of Zucker being someone he wasn't. He came, he did what he does, and he was who he is. Further, I don't think the kids are worse off for being around him.

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

He had 48 points last year with Crosby, Guentzel, Malkin, Letang types. He is on a 40 point pace this year with....well...not those guys. He hasn't been above 50pts since '17-'18.

It is pretty clear folks had expectations of Zucker being someone he wasn't. He came, he did what he does, and he was who he is. Further, I don't think the kids are worse off for being around him.

True. There have been better free agent signings of course, but I wouldn’t say he was toxic or anything. On a recent PHNX podcast they discussed when Maloney brought in Martin Erat. Martin Erat was toxic, didn’t want to be here, and didn’t give a single f***. That trade had an insane ripple effect that destroyed Maloney and tippet’s relationship and led to the god awful 2014-15 season.

TLDR, zucker was meh. Basically he was Derrick brassard 2.0