Value of: Zach Parise
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Dickie Dunn
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His numbers were good but already he doesn’t play the same tenacious style he used too. Terrific is overstating what he can realistically be going forward.
Northerner
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6-2 lead, late in the game, I think the hit is akin to a MLB pitcher throwing a 95mph heater at some guy's head because he didn't like that he was getting knocked around. I guess when I look at it it's not as dirty as I had thought, but the Wild should send a couple goons (we really don't have any since Stewart left) on those two guys.
That might just be me (yes I'm pissed that he got hurt), but I think the Wild should stand up and say we aren't going to let you take liberties with our hottest player.
He had 8 goals in his last 8 games (3 goals in 3 playoff games) of the season. Was there anyone else in the NHL that had those numbers?
I'm not at the point where I want to pay anyone to take him. His back surgery seems to have been a success, he scored a lot in March and has looked like himself again in the playoffs. Losing him has been a substantial loss against Winnipeg.
I don't expect anyone to actually want to trade for him considering his contract and I think there's a chance that his eventual decline is going to trigger a rebuild period for Minnesota. But we're not there yet.
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So then say he had a great last 8 games. Don't say he had a great year.
Northerner
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He had about 12 goals in his last 17 (regular season) games of the year. I would say he was rounding back into form well before the last 8 games. He was basically one of the hottest players on the planet.
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With the way Zach plays, I think we all saw a quick decline coming. Lucky for the Wild that he's rounding into form, I hope for his sake that he's got more in the tank and he's not hampered by injuries for the rest of his time there
It sounds like the NHL is considering enforcing cross checks so that should help.
You are still salty? I get that the Devs haven’t had a ZP since but get a life man.
ManwithNoIdentity
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Weren't both of them going to sign with Detroit at one point? I thought I remembered reading that.
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minnesota is trying to get out of the cap hit. why would they take a cap hit of ~9.8M for 4 years and then ~2.6M in dead cap for 3 more years, when they can take a 7.5M hit for 3 years and then hossa him or trade him to a budget team?
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I am not salty at all
I am actually very thankful we didn't sign him to that albatross contract
Hall > Parise anyways, so
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Devils dogged a HUGE bullet. We miss Parise? Don’t even recognize who that guy is now. The #9 we have now in Hall is so much better than Parise. Devils got the best of Parise. He is a shell of what he used to be and it’s quite sad. 7 years left on that contract? Good lord. We knew he’s decline and not be worth that contract but it is sad what has happened to him.
Northerner
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On what planet is Hall better than Parise? They even kicked him to the curb in Edmonton of all places.
Yeah, Parise had 8 goals in his last 8 games this season. I know you guys can't stand it that he's literally the Energizer Bunny, but he is just going to go hard right back at it next season, like he has a hundred times before. He's not falling off any time soon and he just proved that (before Jets got dirty and cross-checked him like they did).
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Would have been nice if they would have called that dirty hit (among a half dozen other dirty plays by the Jets this series).
34 in July and 7 years left at 7.54 it's not a question of what teams would give up for him but a question of what they'd have to give up for anyone to take him.
He also has a no move clause and isn't going anywhere but if he was it would be with a plethora of assets to make a team interested.
He also has a no move clause and isn't going anywhere but if he was it would be with a plethora of assets to make a team interested.
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Meh, the Wild don't need to move his contract right now, a healthy Parise (as seen in the second half of the season) showed he's still worth the salary he's getting right now. He'll be completely healthy next season.
SEVEN MORE F***KING YEARS!?!
I forgot how bad it truly was.....he's not going to last another season, his career is pretty much over,
Are they going to have cap re-capture problems?
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The Devils absolutely got the best of Parise.
He has negative value in the sense that you'd have to package something huge with him no matter how well he's playing. He's not 08-12 Zach and never will be again. Best case scenario for him is to become a Matt Cullen-type towards the end of his career but I doubt his body endures the duration of his contract.
He has negative value in the sense that you'd have to package something huge with him no matter how well he's playing. He's not 08-12 Zach and never will be again. Best case scenario for him is to become a Matt Cullen-type towards the end of his career but I doubt his body endures the duration of his contract.
No, his career is far from over. Second half of the season when he came back from his back surgery that he should have had 2yrs ago, he was the Zach of old again!
Remember, a year ago, most of his time missed wasn't even due to injury, it was due to repeated illness including the mumps! This season it was because he finally had the surgery on his back, then had the freak sandwich hit that would've broken most people's sternum in the same situation. That is not a sign of injury prone, that was just bad luck.
He'll be fine in the near term. The question remains, at what rate will his decline actually happen? We thought it was already apparent, but post surgery, he looked like the Zach from the first few years here again.
Addison Rae
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did someone just ask “on what planet is hall better than parise”
holy f*** you cant make some of this stuff up. hall is CLEARLY better.
holy f*** you cant make some of this stuff up. hall is CLEARLY better.
Holtz My Bahls
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This has to be sarcasm on your part but if it is not: literally all of the planets.
