Zach Parise Rumors & News

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Thursday was turning into Friday as Wild forward Zach Parise finally stood up from his stall in the visitors' locker room at the United Center in Chicago, just a stone's throw from the Blackhawks' muted celebration down the hall.

1 & -18. That is the amount of points and the +/- totals of the 3 Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise, and Ryan Suter. That's really bad. It's abysmal. You're not going to win any series with your three best players producing that little. Make no mistake, those are the players which deserve a lot of the credit for the Minnesota Wild even making the playoffs to begin with. But when we start asking ourselves questions about why the Wild didn't succeed, well, it's hard to look a lot further than your three highest-paid players (active roster) producing one point, and being a combined -18. That's...

Seems like ages ago that Zach Parise and Ryan Suter sat at the podium, in the Xcel Energy Center, announcing they were both coming to St Paul. The move put the rest of the hockey world on notice that the Minnesota Wild were going to become major players. So much so that Barry Melrose picked them to win the Stanley Cup. But, nobody should have put too much stock in the opinion of the man who thought Steven Stamkos wasn't ready for the NHL. Craig Liepold spent $196 million dollars last summer and all he got for his efforts was one playoff win. Hardly worth it, at least at this point....

Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding, right, cannot save a goal by Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa (81) as Wild's Zach Parise (11) and Jared Spurgeon (46) look on during the second period of Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Chicago, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Blackhawks' Marcus Kruger (16) battles for the puck against Minnesota Wild's Zach Parise (11) during the first period of Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Chicago, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Last summer, on the Fourth of July, the Minnesota Wild announced the signing of highly sought free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, for identical $98 million, 13-year contracts. Minnesota Wild fans were giddy. That giddiness is starting to fade quickly. In their Stanley Cup Playoff series against the President's Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks, the highly paid duo has scored a grand total of (1g-0a-1pts) and are a combined minus 9. Wild fans are getting anxious as they watch their favorite team's season winding down. The top forward line for the Minnesota Wild is having a power out...

Minnesota Wild's Kyle Brodziak falls backward over Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford as he protects the net from a scoring attempt by wild's Zach Parise (11) in the third period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. Crawford stop 25 shots as he shut out the Wild 3-0. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)