Rumored Zacha contract

I gotta think he wants less term than that to prove he has more of an offensive game to get a bigger next contract

If Im Zacha, I'd skip all the contract negotiation BS and ask for a trade to a team that needs a centerman. He's never going to be anything other than a 3rd/4th line center in NJ now with the addition of Hughes.

We've all been waiting for him to prove it, now he wants to get S#i!!y. Maybe showing who you are the past few years gets you there.
He and his agent should have done this before this stupid move! I like PZ but how did he think this would go?

I also think that if all this outstanding RFAs were signed he would already have his deal in place. I am sure that PZ gets that and does not want to be the caboose! Gardiner bailed from TOR becasue he wanted to make sure there would be a chair left once the music stopped!

PZ has a great opp to play with some more talent and get it right, this was not the way.

I remember when Lou Lams moved a player to the San Diego Gulls for similar s#!t. It never goes well

Where do you see him getting his big chance? On the PP? there are 7 forwards who are getting that time ahead of him. On the 3rd and 4th line? Those are some ok players but nothing that should guarantee him breaking out.

I'm not saying he's deserving of anything, just that with the structure of the team, its going to be very hard for him to get the ice time he probably thinks he needs to develop. So if I were him I'd straight up ask for a trade. Not because he hates NJ or anything, just to improve his odds of "making it".

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