Zach Parise has decided to team up with Ryan Suter in Minnesota. Each player will sign a 13-year, $98 million contract.
Zach Parise, Ryan Suter Deals Watershed Moment For Wild
May 7, 2012; Glendale, AZ, USA; Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Suter (20) in game five of the 2012 Western Conference semifinals at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes beat the Predators 2-1. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE Follow me on this.
The Green Bay Packers were a laughingstock in the NFL for years. After winning the first two Super Bowls, the franchise slowly faded into irrelevance, losing more than it won, and becoming the opposite of the kind of place players wanted to be.
Read Article >Zach Parise Signs 13-Year Contract With Minnesota Wild
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Read Article >Ryan Suter Signs 13-Year Contract With Minnesota Wild
The Wisconsin-native is familiar with the Upper Midwest region, playing his youth hockey in the state, college hockey at Wisconsin and AHL hockey at Milwaukee.
In 2008, Suter signed a four-year deal to stay in Nashville, a deal that expired this past year. He earned $3.5 million per season against the cap on that deal, and will likely earn much more than that on this new contract. It’s expected the deal could reach near or north of $100 million over the course of the 13 seasons.
Read Article >Zach Parise, Ryan Suter Expected To Make Free Agent Decision Today
The agent for Suter, Paul Ostby, tweeted directly that his client planned to make his free agency decision during the holiday, via @SheehyHockey:
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Read Article >Zach Parise Decision Not Coming Tuesday Night
Parise has spent the entirety of his NHL career thus far with the Devils, who chose him with the 17th overall pick in the 2003 NHL draft, but will likely sign a big-time free agent deal somewhere else.
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Read Article >Zach Parise Taking His Time, Won’t Make Free Agency Decision Monday
By all accounts, there are plenty of lucrative offers on the table, and for Parise, it’s simply a matter of choosing his ultimate destination. It’s not an easy decision choosing the town in which to play the next 10-plus years of one’s career, and Parise is clearly taking his time in making the decision.
Read Article >The Busy, Yet Somehow Disappointing, First Day Of NHL Free Agency
Mar 25, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Suter (20) during the first period against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Grabowski-US PRESSWIRE July 1 in the NHL arrived as it does every year, with intensely-focused hype on just a few star unrestricted free agents who will change teams for tens of millions of dollars and as many as 10 -- make that 13 -- years.
Granted, more than 40 players changed teams, some for many years and millions of dollars, but the hottest names stayed put for now. Why? Because they can.
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