Like every veteran at this time of year, Mats Zuccarello is ready for the preseason to be over and for the season to start.
Even though he knows it could very well be his last season as a Ranger.
“I think everyone knows that this is where I want to be, and if we figure something out, that’s my main goal,’’ Zuccarello told Newsday Wednesday, before the Rangers hosted the Islanders at Madison Square Garden in their next-to-last game of the preseason. “But at the same time, if they don’t want me, there’s no point in me staying here if they don’t want me.