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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I'm not an expert on Mats Zuccarello but he's always struck me as a Gaudreau type player, very slick but not really a checking line player. Not calling him soft but at 5'8" putting him on the Backlund line would require him to have a Marchand or Byron type defensive game... I dunno.. from those Rangers teams when they were decent I thought that role was moreso handled by other names like Kreider, Hagelin, and Miller..
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No, I would compare him more to Martin St Louis. Not as talented, obviously, but the same, feisty, determined drive, and hard to knock off the puck. Obviously isn't big and isn't going to intimidate anyone, but at the same time, he is mentally tough and no one intimidates him either.
He isn't a defensive specialist, but uses his speed effectively. And on Backlund's line, would provide a solid two-way game. And add much needed speed to the line.