ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mats Zuccarello admitted he was disappointed by how it all went down with the Minnesota Wild — how long it took for him to find out that they wanted to part ways.Not angry. Not bitter.But, “saddened.”Zuccarello, 38, and Wild president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Guerin finally met a couple of weeks ago and “squared up,” Zuccarello said.Then, “hugged it out.”Zuccarello, a key part of the Wild core for seven seasons accepted that the team wanted to go a different direction. That’s business. He said he’s happy to have signed a one-year deal with the Kings and to start a “new chapter.”“I’m not bitter or anything,” Zuccarello said Wednesday on a Zoom with reporters. “I’ve had seven really good years (in Minnesota). Billy has been really good to me and my family. And once we talked and cleared the air a little bit, it’s a hockey decision.“‘I’m sad to leave after seven years. You get relationships with people around the rink, neighbors and you guys (media). But you’re looking at the next chapter. It was a really special time in Minnesota. I don’t want it to be a big deal. I have no anger or bitterness (toward) the team or the organization. I wish them all luck.”There’s no doubt the Wild have been in trade talks leaguewide for big players. It’s part of why Guerin put meeting with Zuccarello on the backburner.The delay stung Zuccarello, and that’s something Guerin regrets.“I don’t blame Zuccy,” Guerin said. “Honestly, I took way too much time after the season to reach out to him and communicate with him, and that’s on me. Zuccy probably deserved better than that. When we did connect a couple of weeks ago, we had a great conversation.“He’s a big boy. He understands that this is a business. I spoke to him today and wished him luck.”Zuccarello talked at length around the end of the season about how he wanted to stay with the Wild, saying he felt he had a few good years left and felt the Twin Cities had become “home” for him, his wife and their three daughters, all born here.But Zuccarello got excited when he heard about all the teams that were interested in him in free agency, with a few similar offers, he said, to the one the Kings made: $1 million cap hit plus a $5 million bonus if he hits 10 games.Zuccarello was his usual charming self in his media Zoom, jokingly calling himself the “president” of the Kings, and he was classy with how he handled the ending with Minnesota.“No hard feelings,” Zuccarello said. “When you spend a lot of time in a place like that, you get relationships off the ice and around the community, and it’s always sad to leave behind. I do have respect for their decision, and I had seven good years. I feel like I played some of my best hockey and helped them in certain ways. We’d like to win a Stanley Cup, but everyone wants to do that.”