Regarding Parise and his contract and how screwed we are, it was 100% necessary at the time. The first 4 years he was here, he was absolutely worth it, I believe placing in the top 10 at his position in scoring over those 4 years, both individual years and cumulative over that time. The last couple, he has run into back issues, which by all accounts (his and the teams), the surgery took care of.
Just based on the eye test, he's moving fine on the ice, just seems the hands are taking some time to come back.