FRISCO -- The Mats Zuccarello era in Dallas is over.
The trade deadline acquisition and instant fan favorite signed a five-year contract with Minnesota on Monday worth $6 million annually, ending his brief time as a Star and allowing the team to hold onto its first-round pick in next year's draft.
The Stars acquired Zuccarello from the Rangers for a 2019 second-round pick and a 2020 third-round pick that could have turned into two first-round picks had that Stars reached the conference finals and re-signed Zuccarello. But they lost in Game 7 in the second round to St.