Colin Stephenson of Newsday: New York Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello is entering the final season of his contract and it sounds like he wants to be back.
“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.