Confirmed with Link: Wild buying out Parise and Suter

[2Pair]

That only works if the player is injured and willing to go on LTIR. If he is healthy and wants to play, there is nothing BG can do other than make him a healthy scratch like Parise was.

If the player is going to retire, then of course he would be willing to go on LTIR. If he's healthy and wants to play, then recapture isn't an issue

 

[MuckOG]

If the player is going to retire, then of course he would be willing to go on LTIR.

The fact that Suter just signed a 4 year contract with Dallas kind of says that he's not ready to retire, no?

 

[2Pair]

The fact that Suter just signed a 4 year contract with Dallas kind of says that he's not ready to retire, no?

Then cap recapture isn't an issue. No?

 

[nickschultzfan]

Then cap recapture isn't an issue. No?

You want to leave that up to an opposing team GM and coach?

 

[thestonedkoala]

That way I said, "Find a way"

Perfect.

 

[HotDish]

You want to leave that up to an opposing team GM and coach?

either A) don't trade him since he can still play.
B) trade him and later trade a 7th round pick to get Suter back on the team and LTIR him.

 

[MuckOG]

Then cap recapture isn't an issue. No?

Because none of us has a crystal ball, there would always be the threat of recapture hanging over this franchise until Suter's contract expired. Which means BG would need to keep enough cap space available in the event that Suter did decide to retire. I don't think he would retire, but the threat would always be there.

That being said, I was surprised as anyone that he was bought out. And even though I don't even agree it...there is a case to be made as to why he did it.

 

[2Pair]

You want to leave that up to an opposing team GM and coach?

Well, for starters, I would have enough balls to at least have that conversation with Suter.

 

[2Pair]

Because none of us has a crystal ball, there would always be the threat of recapture hanging over this franchise until Suter's contract expired. Which means BG would need to keep enough cap space available in the event that Suter did decide to retire. I don't think he would retire, but the threat would always be there.

That being said, I was surprised as anyone that he was bought out. And even though I don't even agree it...there is a case to be made as to why he did it.

It's called communication. "hey if you get to the point that you don't want to play anymore, just give us a call and we can pay you $1M to do the same thing as retiring".

 

[57special]

Except Koivu wasn't re-signed, Staal - was...just bad, but his play had dropped off, Dubnyk's play had dropped off a cliff and so did Parise. Suter's play didn't really decline.

Well, there is that.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

I knew I should have posted that article elsewhere

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Great read. Thanks for posting.

Although my goal was not to cause some arguments within this thread again, I thought it was an interesting perspective aside from the other information we’re privy to.

Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[63firebird]

Guerin has now run off Koivu, Staal, Suter, and Parise all because of locker room issues. At what point do we wonder if Guerin is the issue? What if Suter's "issues" were simply Suter telling Guerin to get his head out of his ass and find them a center or two?

He has also thrown away 2 quality prospects for nothing and is in the middle of f***ing up contract negotiations with his 2 best players.

I disagree. This year was the first time I’ve seen any semblance of the Wild playing with a team first mentality. Not necessarily Suter/Koivu/Parisrs fault they were treated/acted like princesses. I think Leopold had a lot to do with it.

 

[2Pair]

I disagree. This year was the first time I’ve seen any semblance of the Wild playing with a team first mentality. Not necessarily Suter/Koivu/Parisrs fault they were treated/acted like princesses. I think Leopold had a lot to do with it.

You think Craig leipold had a lot to do with how the team played on the ice? Seriously?

 

[57special]

I’m Going to Miss You All So Much, Minnesota | By Ryan Suter

He had me at Bunny's.

A friend of my son's had a fender bender involving Suter a couple years ago. He was very cool about it, made sure that everyone was uninjured first thing. The opposite of the egotistical, me first, jerk that some seem determined to paint him as.

 

[63firebird]

You think Craig leipold had a lot to do with how the team played on the ice? Seriously?

Well you’re correct I could be all wet because I have no way of knowing how much influence Leopold has. What I did see this year was the first time that the wild had a team mentality. Granted yo was a weak coach but it seems like Boudreau just followed in the same footsteps making the same moves. Now it seems like they’re trying to actually move in the right direction and create a franchise that has some respectability. You could be right it could totally backfire but I know that if you don’t have a team mentality with a coach in charge you’re never going to win anything.

 

[JP Flow]

If I were an agent, and my client had just been bought out, for reasons the GM can’t seem to articulate, and there is fairly widespread speculation that the reason for my client’s buyout was because of locker-room issues, I’d be pushing him to write a heartfelt letter to the fans, too.

None of that is to say Suter was a problem in the locker room or is being disingenuous (I have first-hand knowledge of neither), but looking at it from the media side of things, a good agent would be working to enhance his client’s image as much as possible under the circumstances.