Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher had his father's Doug Gilmour trade moment as he went out and went head first into the free agent pool as they grabbed both Ryan Suter and Zach Parise with 13 year / 98 million dollar deals. This a very good deal for the Wild and for Parise and Suter because the Wild play the same kind of D first hockey the Ryan Suter did in Nashville and Parise did in New Jersey and unlike other high free agents in the past who have signed their huge contracts and then were asked to do something different then they were used to and did not fit into the system and have their contract become a massive headache.
The most interesting thing about this deal is that the Detroit Red Wings who wanted both of them especially Ryan Suter who was supposed to replacing Nicklas Lidstrom and ended up not getting neither of them.
Zach Parise has been a solid player for the Devils as he played at least 80 games in 6 of 7 seasons and has at least 60 points in the last 5 of 6 seasons after his rookie season. Ryan Suter has played at least 70 games in all of his 7 seasons with the Nashville Predator and has found his grove in his last 4 seasons and has put up between 37 and 46 points a season.
The Wild are the new player in the mix in the NHL
Tom Mehegan
No comments:
Post a Comment