MuckOG
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Has he been vocal?
"It has been frustrating," Parise said. "It's been pretty unique where my role has definitely changed here, not being on the power play and not playing as much. It's a bit of an adjustment. That's definitely been challenging.
"At that point, you just try to make the most of what you're getting and when you are called upon to go out there, try to make an impact in any way that you can."
"You don't really have a choice but to accept it," said Parise, who has led the Wild in goals for five seasons since signing a 13-year, $98 million contract in 2012. "You just accept what you're given and do your best when you are out there. Most importantly, too, is [to] practice the right way and work on my game as much as I can so if there is an opportunity to get on the power play, or there is an opportunity to get out there more, I'm ready to go."
No. He was asked a question about his reduced role, and he gave an honest and professional response that's turned into "vocal about his unhappiness".
So the TL/DR is "it's been frustrating, but all I can do is work hard and work on my game and try to make an impact when I can".
"It has been frustrating," Parise said. "It's been pretty unique where my role has definitely changed here, not being on the power play and not playing as much. It's a bit of an adjustment. That's definitely been challenging.
Something every player who was a prominent top 6 player goes through as they age out. Nobody "enjoys" demotion or diminished roles.I didn't mean to come off as he was bitter or anything like that....just that he's unhappy with his new role and that (this is where I speculate) he might be more agreeable to a change of scenery that allows him more of a prominent role.....not that I think Seattle would take him, but that's not the point. The point is to get him to waive his NMC so that others can be protected...and his "diminished role" might persuade him to do so.
Zach Parise finds role with Wild diminished
The point is to get him to waive his NMC so that others can be protected...and his "diminished role" might persuade him to do so.
Not going to happen. It's highly likely Zuccarello will get chosen if he waives, and a decent chance Suter will. The only reason that Parise waiving makes sense is because he will have the self awareness to realize that he likely won't get picked by Seattle, especially if we send something like a 6th rounder to ensure that.My hope is that Guerin gets Zuccarello and Suter to waive their NMCs, especially Suter. Then the Wild can do the 7/3 without any issues.
Not going to happen. It's highly likely Zuccarello will get chosen if he waives, and a decent chance Suter will. The only reason that Parise waiving makes sense is because he will have the self awareness to realize that he likely won't get picked by Seattle, especially if we send something like a 6th rounder to ensure that.
Why wouldn't Spurgeon be the guy to waive?My hope is that Guerin gets Zuccarello and Suter to waive their NMCs, especially Suter. Then the Wild can do the 7/3 without any issues.
Why wouldn't Spurgeon be the guy to waive?
Not going to happen. It's highly likely Zuccarello will get chosen if he waives, and a decent chance Suter will. The only reason that Parise waiving makes sense is because he will have the self awareness to realize that he likely won't get picked by Seattle, especially if we send something like a 6th rounder to ensure that.
Plus, losing Suter or Zuccarello right now is not what we want to happen. Whereas if Seattle actually took Parise, we wouldn't be hurting too badly.
Whatever arguments there are for or against taking Suter it's a credible possibility. As long as that's the case I wouldn't expect him to waive.Suter probably won't get picked. He's over 35, slowing down and has a high cap hit in a flat cap world. Suter is on pace to have one of his worst seasons since his sophomore season. I don't foresee Seattle pouncing on that, especially with 4+ years to boot.
Whatever arguments there are for or against taking Suter it's a credible possibility. As long as that's the case I wouldn't expect him to waive.
It really depends on how they're building the team, but even a declining Suter's a good top-4 defenseman, and he's exactly the sort of partner a new team would probably like to mentor younger players. His contract's large but they start with zero bad contracts so I don't know how big a deal that is.What credible possibility is there to select a 36 year old defenseman coming off his worse year since his sophomore season with a NMC and 7.5 million + contract - even more so a left - defenseman. Looking at mock drafts, Kraken have a chance at guys like Caleb Jones, Devon Toews, Jake Bean, Travis Dermott, Shatternkirk, Miller, Murphy, Stetcher. Guys on expiring deals or teams that are loaded with talent that can't protect a young defenseman.
Doesn't make sense to me to lose Greenway, Soucy or Dumba by not at least exposing Suter.
I don’t think we want to get out of Zuccarello’s contract.
That's true. Also he doesn't want to move from the state of hockey, just bought a house here.
And Kaprizov really wouldn't like to lose Zucc who speaks a little Russian and they hang out together.
Not mathematically.
Not mathematically.
Those are model based, and they suggest the chances over thousands of simulations of us missing is basically nothing