After a day of uncertainty in NHL and KHL contracting negotiation balking, Czech forward Pavel Zacha finally caved into a three-year NHL contract after being a restricted free agent. Zacha’s overall deal will be worth $6.75 million with an average-annual value of $2.25 million a season.
After projecting a possible four-line forward depth chart going into pre-season, it currently looks like:
Nikita Gusev- Jack Hughes– Jesper Boqvist
In this assessment after having watched Zacha for the last few seasons, he doesn’t seem to be a full-time center but more of a power forward winger.