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Message: [QUOTE="FDNY99, post: 2472737, member: 683"] I always liked ZZ as a player, and I was excited when he came back from Pittsburgh in that trade. He was considered the next coming of Paul Coffey when he came up with the Pens...like Op said he could skate like the wind and had excellent puck handling skills. That trade essentially killed the Whale..funny thing about that trade..it was worked out between the 2 men who were up for the Whale GM job..the guy in Eddie Johnston who got it (Bobby Orr called on his behalf and swayed Gordon to hire him) and Badger Bob Johnson who came in 2nd and ended up going to the Pens. I always thought Zalapski was the only one of the guys the Whale got back from the Pens who was worth anything..same as OP...but at the end of day he didn't put up Paul Coffey numbers and never really lived up to his "billing". [/QUOTE]