Our hometown Las Vegas boy Jason Zucker just resigned with the Minnesota Wild, as expected.
Reports are that Zucker signed a 2-year, $4mil extension to continue playing with the Wild which originally drafted him in 2010.
It is something to keep in mind as NHL Las Vegas continues to unroll towards a 2017-2018 entrance. All signings from now until the 2017 Expansion Draft is going to have an impact on what talent pool will be available for the Las Vegas franchise to look at.
Zucker is a good, quality Left Wing, but has had some injuries he has had to work through, and this last season was definitely a down year for the 24-year-old, scoring 13 goals and 26 points in 51 games. The extension provides a bridge for the Wild and Zucker. He was due to become a Restricted (Group 2) free agent on Friday but his stock had fallen due to his injury-hampered season. The Wild get a two year commitment from a solid winger with skills while Zucker has a chance to get his career back on track before he hits unrestricted free agency.
But for Las Vegas, it is something to keep an eye on. There is a new coach in Minnesota, Bruce Boudreau, and you never know how a player might or might not mesh in a new system. Zucker might well recover and get back to the level that suggests he could be a 30-goal scorer or better.
Or he could continue to struggle, and might come available in the Expansion Draft, and an interesting hometown pickup for Las Vegas to gamble on.
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