Posts About "Mats Zuccarello"
Wild Top Avalanche on Zuccarello's 3 Points
September 21st, 2019 Mats Zuccarello scored the deciding goal and had two assists to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night in NHL preseason play in St. Paul, Minnesota. Zuccarello, signed to five-year, $30 million free agent con...
Top-5 Norwegians in NHL History
July 18th, 2019 The very first Norwegian player in NHL history was the late Bjørn Skaare. Originally from the Norway capital of Oslo, Skaare was blessed with plenty of natural talent. In an era when there was still the (highly) wrongful stereotype that Scandinavian players simply were not tough enough to play in the league, Skaare had the skill to...
Stars’ Offseason Additions and Subtractions
July 13th, 2019 The Dallas Stars’ roster will see a surprising turnover after finishing the season one goal shy of their first Western Conference Final appearance since 2008. Only considering players who played at least 20 NHL games in 2018-19 (Marc Methot’s injury-riddled year being the one exception), there are three new arrivals and six...
2019 NHL Offseason: 7 Teams Trending Down
July 9th, 2019 Through the first week of free agency and almost a month into the NHL offseason — since the St. Louis Blues hoisted the Stanley Cup on June 12 — several teams have taken a step back on paper and will have their work cut out for them going forward. Granted, there are still some quality players available on the open market — Jake...
Wild's Zuccarello is Perfect Fit...For Now
July 3rd, 2019 The Minnesota Wild made a big splash in free agency when they added former New York Rangers and Dallas Stars forward Mats Zuccarello. The contract came in at five years, with an average annual value (AAV) of $6 million. Zuccarello now becomes the Wild's second-highest paid forward, trailing only Zach Parise, but for a team that has...
Wild Bolster Attack With a Pair of Signings
July 2nd, 2019 The 2018-19 season for the Minnesota Wild did not go as planned. For the first time in seven years the Wild found themselves on their couches watching the playoffs. The train went off the rails when they lost defenseman Matt Dumba for the season with a ruptured pectoral muscle. The Wild had a record of 17-13-2 at the time of his...
