30 Apr 2018 23:02:22
Rumour has it that Edmonton is looking for a RW and the Rangers are rebuilding.

EDM: Zuccarrello ($4.5MM until 2019, 80 GP 16 G 37 A 53 P), NJ 2nd
NYR: 10th overall, conditional 2019 3rd*

*if Zuccarello re-signs

As a Flyers fan, I'm required to hate the Rangers, but I've found Zuccarello to be an under-rated and effective forward. Edmonton needs to do something, and stockpiling draft picks hasn't worked for 10 years.


1.) 01 May 2018
01 May 2018 01:36:23
No from EDM.


2.) 01 May 2018
01 May 2018 02:48:24
Lol. 30 year old Zuccarello for $4.5M for ONE more season isn't worth a 10th overall. If Oilers trade that pick it will be for a younger player or a D man.


3.) 01 May 2018
01 May 2018 11:33:48
"Lol. 30 year old Zuccarello for $4.5M for ONE more season isn't worth a 10th overall. " It's not just for Zuccarello but a 2nd rounder as well. Lol your reading skills. Plus, there is such a thing as signing an extension, so it's not just one year.

What's everybody else's solutions? Build through high draft picks? How has that worked out for Edmonton thus far? Edmonton needs help now, not in a season or two when that draft pick may be ready.


4.) 01 May 2018
01 May 2018 13:06:45
Easy E top 10 picks don't get traded for good secondary players. And it is one year. A later extension doesn't impact the value of the deal and you even account for it with them sending another pick if he's resigned. I don't think one year of Zucc makes up the difference between a second rounder and a top 10 pick.


5.) 01 May 2018
01 May 2018 16:06:47
"Easy E top 10 picks don't get traded for good secondary players" - I know, there's a second round pick there too. You're misrepresenting the argument.

"A later extension doesn't impact the value of the deal and you even account for it with them sending another pick if he's resigned" Yes it does. Owning the rights to a player has value. Even pending UFAs have value, albeit little. A year of Zuccarello is valuable not only with production, but the chance to assess and re-sign.

"I don't think one year of Zucc makes up the difference between a second rounder and a top 10 pick" Zuccarello got 53 points last year which is third on the Oilers. He's a pretty good player that does a lot of great things on the ice. If Zuccarello is a secondary player on the Oilers and would've been their third leading scorer, what does that make any forward not named McMuffin and Draisatl? How many more years does Edmonton want to get top 10 picks that go nowhere? They need talent now and Zuccarello brings that.


6.) 02 May 2018
02 May 2018 01:10:42
Lol. I seen the 2nd. And that doesn't make up for anything with the main pieces being a 10th overall for Zuccarello. They will target someone younger and better in a package if the 10th OA is available for trade. Not a chance the main piece coming back is a 30 year old with one year left. Wow.


7.) 02 May 2018
02 May 2018 01:26:53
Easy E there is no way for you to convince anyone that this is a good trade for oilers.