If I had a choice, knowing how their careers would turn out, between drafting Gabby or Parise, I'd pick Parise pretty easily. Gaborik was a great goal-scorer, the best the Wild has ever seen, but Parise is fantastic defensively, forechecks more than Gabby, is a leader, and most of all - Parise didn't spend a ton of his 20s on IR. I loved watching Gabby play, but I hated how often he'd hurt his groin from playing hackey-sack or something minute like that and then he'd miss a week. I'd rather have someone with a complete game like Parise that will give you a 30+30 season while only missing a couple games over someone like Gabby that could give you a 30+30 season while missing 20 games.