5 Reasons New Jersey Devils Should Have Moved On From Pavel Zacha

On Monday morning, New Jersey Devils Forward Pavel Zacha agree to terms with KHL club Avangard Omsk on a one-year contract. Zacha, who is entering his fourth year in the NHL, is still a restricted free agent, the only one the Devils have left to sign. With contract negotiations not going the way he or agent Patrik Stefan had planned, Zacha threw this curveball to speed up the negotiation process. Devils General Manager Ray Shero spoke to the AP about it, and to sum things up, he doesn’t care where Zacha goes as the Devils still own his rights.

While Zacha agreeing to terms with a KHL club doesn’t necessarily mean he will go to the KHL, as we saw with Zacha’s new three-year deal he signed…