Minnesota Wild Trade Jason Zucker to Pittsburgh Penguins for Alex Galchenyuk, Calen Addison, and 2020 Draft Pick

Posted by DavidGreen
Feb 13, 2020

Introduction

The Minnesota Wild has decided to trade left winger, Jason Zucker, to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins will receive Alex Galchenyuk, Calen Addison, and a conditional first round draft selection in the 2020 NHL draft all from the Minnesota Wild.

Zucker has been rumored to be part of a trade several times over the past few years, but the deals were never agreed upon for one reason or another. In fact, he was supposed to be traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins last season, but star winger Phil Kessel declined to waive his no trade clause negating the trade.

Jason Zucker

This season, Zucker has recorded 14 goals and 15 assists thus far. During the 2017 – 2018 he had his best scoring campaign with 33 goals as well as 31 assists. He has spent his whole 9 year career with the Minnesota Wild who drafted him in the second round of the 2010 NHL draft. He is currently in the second year of his five year $27.5 million contract.

Alex Galchenyuk

The left winger, Alex Galchenyuk, was drafted by and played six seasons for the Montreal Canadians. He then played for the Arizona Coyotes for a year before going to the Pittsburgh Penguins this season. He has currently scored 5 goals to go along with his 12 assists so far this year. His best professional ice hockey year was during the 2015 – 2016 NHL season when he drained 30 goals and 25 assists for Montreal. Alex Galchenyuk will earn a salary of $4.9 million this year, and he is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season.

Calen Addison

Calen Addison was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins during the second round of the 2018 NHL draft. He has yet to play in the National Hockey League, but hopefully he will be a solid prospect for the Minnesota Wild in the near future. Addison is a defenseman from Canada who played for the youth team Brandon MHA.

Zucker's Career Regular Season Statistics

					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots			Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV	Awards
2011-12	20	MIN	NHL	6	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	16	66	11:02	0	0		2	5	2	2
2012-13	21	MIN	NHL	20	4	1	5	4	8	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	34	11.8	58	225	11:16	0	1	0	5	11	4	7
2013-14	22	MIN	NHL	21	4	1	5	2	2	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	40	10	68	273	12:59	0	0		11	16	9	9
2014-15	23	MIN	NHL	51	21	5	26	-9	18	19	1	1	3	5	0	0	124	16.9	193	768	15:04	2	4	33.3	13	67	21	19
2015-16	24	MIN	NHL	71	13	10	23	-4	20	12	0	1	1	7	2	1	158	8.2	280	1106	15:35	1	1	50	33	83	40	27
2016-17	25	MIN	NHL	79	22	25	47	34	30	21	1	0	3	25	0	0	172	12.8	292	1208	15:17	1	4	20	42	73	44	23	Selke-32
2017-18	26	MIN	NHL	82	33	31	64	8	44	25	7	1	7	21	9	1	222	14.9	338	1391	16:58	4	14	22.2	47	80	54	37
2018-19	27	MIN	NHL	81	21	21	42	-9	28	14	7	0	5	14	7	0	214	9.8	398	1383	17:05	2	11	15.4	38	87	47	31	Clancy-1
2019-20	28	MIN	NHL	45	14	15	29	-3	19	9	5	0	2	11	4	0	75	18.7	116	715	15:54	12	28	30	20	35	25	17
Career		9 yrs	NHL	456	132	111	243	21	171	107	22	3	22	86	23	2	1049	12.6	1759	7135	15:39	22	63	25.9	211	457	246	172

Zucker's Career Playoff Statistics

					Scoring					Goals				Shots			Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV
2012-13	21	MIN	NHL	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	11	9.1	20	67	13:29	0	1	0	2	4	2	1
2014-15	23	MIN	NHL	10	2	1	3	-1	2	2	0	0	0	21	9.5	32	142	14:11	0	0		5	20	6	1
2015-16	24	MIN	NHL	6	0	2	2	-4	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	84	13:56	0	0		2	7	2	0
2016-17	25	MIN	NHL	5	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	20	5	29	86	17:15	0	0		2	10	3	4
2017-18	26	MIN	NHL	5	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	18	82	16:27	1	0	100	3	3	1	5
Career		5 yrs	NHL	31	4	4	8	-9	6	4	0	0	1	63	6.3	111	461	14:53	1	1	50	14	44	14	11

Galchenyuk's Career Regular Season Statistics

					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots			Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV	Awards
2012-13	18	MTL	NHL	48	9	18	27	14	20	9	0	0	2	17	1	0	79	11.4	143	591	12:19	59	79	42.8	25	23	9	8	Calder-9
2013-14	19	MTL	NHL	65	13	18	31	-12	26	10	3	0	2	11	7	0	110	11.8	193	936	14:24	5	10	33.3	25	49	30	23
2014-15	20	MTL	NHL	80	20	26	46	8	39	17	3	0	1	17	9	0	163	12.3	300	1314	16:26	82	85	49.1	44	91	24	28
2015-16	21	MTL	NHL	82	30	26	56	-8	20	21	9	0	4	19	7	0	201	14.9	360	1333	16:16	359	390	47.9	36	62	31	36
2016-17	22	MTL	NHL	61	17	27	44	-5	24	11	6	0	6	18	9	0	104	16.3	198	972	15:56	274	368	42.7	32	36	17	34
2017-18	23	MTL	NHL	82	19	32	51	-31	22	10	9	0	2	17	15	0	213	8.9	382	1331	16:14	49	60	45	37	33	29	56
2018-19	24	ARI	NHL	72	19	22	41	-19	34	10	9	0	4	10	12	0	159	11.9	288	1133	15:44	188	223	45.7	34	62	28	40
2019-20	25	PIT	NHL	45	5	12	17	-7	10	3	2	0	0	8	4	0	65	7.7	102	517	11:29	7	5	58.3	9	32	4	12
6 yrs		MTL	NHL	418	108	147	255	-34	151	78	30	0	17	99	48	0	870	12.4	1576	6478	15:30	828	992	45.5	199	294	140	185
1 yr		ARI	NHL	72	19	22	41	-19	34	10	9	0	4	10	12	0	159	11.9	288	1133	15:44	188	223	45.7	34	62	28	40
1 yr		PIT	NHL	45	5	12	17	-7	10	3	2	0	0	8	4	0	65	7.7	102	517	11:29	7	5	58.3	9	32	4	12
Career		8 yrs	NHL	535	132	181	313	-60	195	91	41	0	21	117	64	0	1094	12.1	1966	8127	15:11	1023	1220	45.6	242	388	172	237

Galchenyuk's Career Playoff Statistics

					Scoring					Goals				Shots			Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TSA	TOI	ATOI	FOW	FOL	FO%	BLK	HIT	TK	GV
2012-13	18	MTL	NHL	5	1	2	3	-4	0	1	0	0	0	15	6.7	22	65	13:00	8	14	36.4	4	5	4	3
2013-14	19	MTL	NHL	5	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	8	25	10	75	15:01	0	0		2	3	0	3
2014-15	20	MTL	NHL	12	1	3	4	1	10	1	0	0	1	24	4.2	54	192	16:01	0	0		5	17	4	4
2016-17	22	MTL	NHL	6	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	13	0	28	100	16:36	13	22	37.1	5	1	5	7
Career		4 yrs	NHL	28	4	9	13	-3	16	3	1	0	2	60	6.7	114	432	15:25	21	36	36.8	16	26	13	17

Media Statements

"Jason Zucker is a top-six forward that we think will be a great fit for our group," Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford stated. "He's a proven goal scorer, and with three more years on his current contract, he has the potential to make an impact for us moving forward."

Sources:

“Wild trade Jason Zucker to Penguins for Alex Galchenyuk, Calen Addison”, espn.com, February 10, 2020.

“Jason Zucker”, hockey-reference.com, February 11, 2020.

“Alex Galchenyuk”, hockey-reference.com, February 11, 2020.