Mats Zuccarello Back To Rangers

Zuccarello signed with metallurg magnitogorsk of the kontinental hockey league for the 2012 13 season and played 44 games in russia before re signing with the rangers on march 28 2013.
Mats zuccarello back to rangers. Yes zucc wanted to be a ranger. But the rangers were rebuilding hockey is a business and zuccarello was one of the few tradeable assets this club had. Mats zuccarello playing in his first nhl game. Zuccarello still upset with rangers.
He had the unfortunate situation of being an expiring contract at the wrong time. However he returned to the nhl and the rangers after the 2012 13 nhl lockout. Mats zuccarello did not hold back in a recent interview that appeared on norwegian site vg. But as much as his former teammates were thrilled to see zuccarello back on the garden ice there was a game to play and not even a touching reunion was going to get in the way of the rangers.
On december 23rd 2010 the new york rangers needed to convert their third shootout attempt or else they d lose the game to the tampa bay lightning. To us and to the rangers it was a tough business decision. Zuccarello has been instrumental in replenishing some of the depth the rangers lost in the offseason but he may end up being a casualty of the numbers game this summer when he becomes a restricted free agent. On 1 june 2012 zuccarello confirmed he had signed a two year contract with metallurg magnitogorsk of the kontinental hockey league khl.
As promised mats zuccarello is coming back to. The former beloved blueshirt talked about the nhl pause and playing in minnesota but fully unloaded on rangers management when he was asked about his good friend henrik lundqvist. On 28 march 2013 zuccarello agreed to terms on a one year contract with the new york rangers.