Why would Minnesota do this trade? Zuc is still a quality winger. They have enough old 4th liners.
Zucc wasn't good for MN, and his contract is awful. MN has too many wings already. It opens up another protection slot (Zucc has a NMC) for MN in the expansion draft.
Quoting: Bf3351
Also why would a cap strapped team retain 2M for another 4 years?
MN has one of the better cap situations in the league right now. In this trade 1 year of Backes would be 500k more and 3 years of $4m in savings over just keeping Zucc.
All that being said I see no reason for Zucc to waive his NMC for ANA.
Zucc wasn't good for MN, and his contract is awful. MN has too many wings already. It opens up another protection slot (Zucc has a NMC) for MN in the expansion draft.
MN has one of the better cap situations in the league right now. In this trade 1 year of Backes would be 500k more and 3 years of $4m in savings over just keeping Zucc.
All that being said I see no reason for Zucc to waive his NMC for ANA.
No team is ever going to retain 2M for 4 years. I dont care how you look at it.