Quick quiz.
Multiple choice.
The Rangers would be better off by, a) Having Mats Zuccarello re-up with Dallas so the Blueshirts get the Stars’ 2020 first-rounder; or, b) Bringing the Norwegian back as a free agent and naming him captain after signing the 33-year-old to, say, a four-year deal worth $5.75 million per with a no-move clause that guarantees protection in the 2021 Seattle expansion draft.
You know by now that the Blueshirts did not wind up with a third 2019 first-rounder when the Stars were unable to seal the deal in St. Louis, falling 2-1 in Game 7 double overtime when a victory would have yielded Dallas’ first as one of the conditions of the Feb.