The Wild sign Parise and Suter

[thedarkangel1975]

Free agent forward Zach Parise and defenceman Ryan Suter have both agreed to terms on contracts with the Minnesota Wild.

Both deals are worth $98 million over 13 years, carrying an average annual value of $7.538 million.

Missing the majority of the 2010-2011 season due to injury, Parise returned last season with 31 goals and 38 assists in 82 games for the New Jersey Devils. He would add eight goals and seven assists in 24 playoff games to help lead the team to the Stanley Cup Final.

Suter scored seven goals and 39 assists in 79 games with the Nashville Predators in 2011-12. He was selected to represent the team at the All-Star Game in Ottawa.

The Devils had signed Parise to a one-year deal worth $6 million prior to the season while Suter is coming off a four-year, $14 million contract he signed with the Predators in 2008.

Both players were members of a star-studded first round draft class from 2003 with the Predators selecting Suter with the seventh overall pick and Parise being selected 17th overall by the Devils.

Parise, who will turn 28 this summer, has scored 194 goals and 216 assists in 502 career games with the Devils. He was named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team in 2008-09.

The 27-year-old Suter had spent his entire seven-year career in Nashville after the team of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He has scored 38 goals and 200 assists in 542 career games with the Predators.

Both players were members of the silver medal-winning 2010 U.S. Olympic team. The pair were also teammates on the gold medal-winning 2004 USA World Junior Championship team as well as the 2002 American team that won gold at the IIHF under-18 World Championships.

[cunt]

That's crazy money man. I would possibly consider these guys $7.5m players for maybe 5 years at the most while they are in their prime, but 13 years? Although in their own minds they are $12M players I guess, which drives up the money for the first few years of the contract. Sure isn't a home town discount to play at home though.

Wasn't overly excited it was within our division too, but that's alright. They can do their thing and our young guys will do theirs.

[thedarkangel1975]

Yeah I hated that they signed in our division but this pressures the crap out of the Canuckleheads which makes me happy. The Wild, Avs, and Oilers are on their way up where the Canucks and Flames are on their way down. Only Millions thinks the Flames have improved.

[cunt]

Jul 4, 2012 18:42:27 GMT -5 thedarkangel1975 said:

Yeah I hated that they signed in our division but this pressures the crap out of the Canuckleheads which makes me happy. The Wild, Avs, and Oilers are on their way up where the Canucks and Flames are on their way down. Only Millions thinks the Flames have improved.

Roger Millions???

LMAO FUCK I swear I've seen that guys chin red coming out of the Flamees dressing room.

[FNG™]

Huge signing for huge money.

I was blown away when I heard about this.

It does suck that it's in our own division, but as you said, they will do their thing, and our kids will do theirs.

And Millions is a fucking retard. Cheapskate sonovabitch too. Came into the dealership not too long ago and nickle and dimed himself out of a deal on a base model accord. Cheap fuck.