Ex-Rangers star faces free agency, hopes to play until at least age 40
Mats Zucarello doesn’t appear to have his sights set on retiring after just completing his 16th NHL season. The former New York Rangers forward can be an unrestricted free agent July 1, and hopes to play until he’s at least 40 years old. “I still think I would like to play a couple more years, this year, couple more years.
I feel good. But it’s something you have to discuss with your family as well,” Zuccarello said Friday when asked about his future at Minnesota Wild break up day. “Obviously, I feel like I would like to play a little bit longer, yeah.
” Zuccarello is 38, and turns 39 on Sept. 1. So, yeah do the math.
It’s a young man’s game, but the diminutive forward from Norway believes he’s still got plenty to give. “I feel like I’m 22,” he joked. Mats Zuccarello hit a faster version of his controller-pause shootout move on the breakaway 🔥 pic.
twitter. com/7nC3uoFCZ4 — B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 20, 2025 That’s even younger than he was (23) when he made his NHL debut with the Rangers on Dec. 23, 2010, after signing with them as an undrafted free agent.
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