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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

Return of the Hobbit?

Mats Zuccarello of the New York Rangers celebrates

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

Even in the KHL, where Mats Zuccarello scored 11 goals and 28 points in 44 games, the Rangers retained his NHL rights.

The machinations to bring him back into to the or-gan-eye-zation began a couple weeks ago, when GM Glen Sather had said he was interested in the winger, who last played in blue late in the 2011-12 season and then was injured, ending his run here.

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