He’s gone from struggling out of the gate, to admitting his likely impending trade was impacting his play, to surging back to normal Zuccarello, to the tune of 13 points in his last eight games. The 31 year old winger went from having a down year at the worst time to flying high at the best time, and currently has 27 points in 36 games. He’s a career 0.68 point per game player who is suddenly pacing out at what would be a career high 0.75 PPG this year.
His name has been thrown around a lot, and for good reason.