In light of the current injury news, I thought this was a good time to look back at his career thus far in the NHL.
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47 Comments
I understand why the Rangers moved him but he'll always be one of my fav players in the league no matter where he is.
What, no love or mention of Anders Myrvold?
I have always been a fan of this young man. Gave some heart to the Rangers line up.
As a wild fan, I also wish he was still in Dallas. Fenton gave him that contract not thinking about what was best for the organization, he was trying to save his job. He panicked
He could be tradable if the Wild retains some cap, I think.
Norge!
Funny and true story: I'm Swedish but I went to a game in Madison Square Garden between the Rangers and the Capitals. I was a bit confused as to why every time Mats Zuccarello had the puck the crowd went: BoooooOOO!! Strange, I thought, why would they boo such a good player, and a home player at that? So I asked the guys sitting next to me and they told me, we're not booing, it's ZooooOOOO!!!
Also, Henrik Lundqvist cried publicly when Mats got traded. He was so sad missing a good friend.
As a Dallas fan what do you want for Zuccarello. I'm a. Minnesota fan and u can have him
Zucc was one of my favorite players growing up. I remember my dad took me to a Wolf Pack game and halfway through it he said that guy zuccarello isn't gunna be here much longer he's gunna get called up soon. Two weeks later he did and stayed with the rangers
Will he be the new Loui Eriksson?
I feel like he’s been under the radar recently until his injury
This situation screams Loui Eriksson. Those last 3 years are going to be horrible
One of my favorite players, as a fan of the 10s Ranger teams who basically introduced me to hockey. He had so much heart and we Ranger fans will always love Zucc. Hope he can get healthy and turn it around
It's always difficult to tell how good Rangers players are because nhl.com gives them so much attention whether they are any good or not. Once he moved to Minnesota, nhl.com forgot he existed.
ZUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUC! Still a Rangers fan favorite. He's been through worse – like that time he had to learn how to talk again. He'll be back and while points might not be there at first, he's an elite skater and passer that can still fit into most NHL lineups.
Sounds like a great guy, but 4 more years at $6 million seems rough. Also can't expose him in the expansion draft because of the NMC. Maybe it'll work out, but it doesn't look good so far.
Pouliot-Brassard-Zucc
That 13-14 season 3rd line for the Rangers was such a luxury.
It always surprises me why hockey isn’t more of a thing in Norway.
He’s a decent player, but the Wild dramatically overpaid to sign him and the NMC is awful.
I always thought that the Rangers were not happy with his first two years of progress and that he wasn’t a favorite of Tortorella. Once he found his game and the Rangers gave him his opportunity, he blossomed into a great heart and soul player who can score.
I have a Kuntz jersey
Big mistake trading him or w.e. the rangers. That's a head scratching organization. Toronto is diffrent for they are just underperforming. Rangers are my front office stuff. Cant really get mad being up against the cap but to make ridiclous trades every season just makes the air come out of the balloon.
I belive he can have better years with the wild. His hole first season with the wild he played with an arm with a torn ligament. I dont understand how he was able to play at all but now thats been discovered and fixed there are no reason not to expect him to do better with a functional arm. We will see.
Probably not going to see him this season. Disappointed…I was hoping to see him have another 50 point or more season.
Everyone who follows hockey in Norway roots for this guy religiously! Probably the best player to come out of this country. I hope he can get back to playing again soon. Heie Zucca!
Love him, miss him
The arm was an issue all season. I think the kids added off-season will spark better play.
The Minnesota Albatross
I really like the recent active career videos: Johansen; Burns; Hayes, etc. They're like verbal/video hockey cards. Classic hockey cards with more player bio info printed on them. I like also that they're both usually spurred on by a relevant development in their recent career yet unpredictably random (not in alphabetical order by team or anything like that). Just my .02. I like being surprised with them. I still think doing team playlists in random order would be fun, and keep viewers on their toes, but of course you'd have to keep track of which teams you had/hadn't done.
Love to see a career video on Wade Redden. Sadly seems to be only remembered as the guy the Sens kept over Chara. But he had a solid career
He's getting old but I hope there's more to come. Can't help to like any tiny or /and norweigan player whenever they make it.
The only player I shelled out money on a jersey for
I really like him on the rangers were he was so feisty, i could see him being the wilds Eriksson in the remaining years of the contract. Not a bad player definitely an nhl, but really expensive bottom 9/6 forward guy that can only bring a half point a game to the table and being small. I love that a player my height has has gone this far, but it's hard to be small and a step slower than your prime and still be very effective.
He’s a good person and player. Hope he can heal fast from the injury
Absolutely love Zuccarello. Humble, talented, nice guy, no fuzz.. Just a great hockeyplayer !
Hey me and Matt have the same birthday!
I was shocked that MN signed him. I personally think once that NMC is up they should trade him ASAP
always one of my favorite players ever
I think Zuccarell was playing hurt I look for him to play 14 minutes a game 4th line with Sturm and Hartman and get 15 goals
Zucccccccccccc!
Zuuuuucc is back
Making assumptions or predictions about future has always been difficult 🙂 A comment in retrospect on the streak the Wilds are having. I am very positive to what i have seen so far and seems Z is having a good time with the team
And what is the status now? As hi is back playing healthy
Thanks a lot for doin this Shannon. As a Norwegian and such a rarity as a hockeyfan over here Zucc is of course of tremendous importance to a guy like me.
When writing this, 16.03.2021, Zucc's game has improved a lot, much due to the fact that Wild has got that tremendous new talent in Kaprizov, and the line with Zucc, Rask
and Kaprizov is going like clockwork. I'd claim that Zucc's hockeybrain is much underestimated along with his quick hands, and he has an ability to bond with certain teammates
that is fascinating and of subconscious nature. To watch that young Russian and Zucc play gives me the shivers, I have pretty much watched him during his whole career
and I recognize some of his best periods right now. He has the ability to see the right play faster than most others but he needs teammates that are able to pick up on that too.
I much apprechiate the intel you gave regarding the trade from Rangers to Dallas- I didnt understand shyte why Dallas turned him down. As you mentioned, Zucc made
an instant impact in Dallas and bonded with Rope Hindz immediately and gave Dallas a much needed spark. In my mind the fact that he didnt get a contract was of the kind
'allright if you were Dallas GM- who would you want- Pavelski or Zucc'. The answer to that in retrospect would still be given I suppose, but Zucc had hoped for a contract
in Dallas and he couldnt have done much more to deserve it. Zucc is a player that is small by stature but plays with heart outside his jersey, he is our Theo Flury 🙂
The love they still show him in MSG everytime he is there speaks for itself.
Its kind of fun to see this today. Nowcwe know he is playing some if his best hockey and below thats what I wrote. But you never know before you see it
2022 – Mats Zuccarello is better than ever.
This video aged…..poorly.