Today is the third day for free agents in the NHL to make deals with the teams. There are still two big players that everyone is waiting on: NJ Devils Captain, Zach Parise, and Nashville Predators Defenseman, Ryan Suter.
The twitter-verse has been blowing up the past few days about where these player will end up. Parise made the decision to return home to Minnesota yesterday to further discuss his options with his family. Many people feel that this means he may be moving back to Minnesota for good. The Minnesota Wild are just one of many teams interested in signing with him.
What I find hard to believe is that Parise would want to leave the New Jersey Devils after this past year. The New Jersey Devils made it to the final round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and forced a Game Six on the Los Angeles Kings, who had not seen a Game Six until then. Also, goaltender Marty Bourder, resigned with the New Jersey Devils for another two years. It just seems to me, that with all the success he has had in Jersey, he’d feel stronger about staying there.
Of course, players change teams for all kinds of reasons. As people have been saying, maybe he wants to be back home in Minnesota, so the Wild is a better fit for him. There are so many ways this decision could go.
Does he want to come home to play in front of family and friends? Does he want to go to teams with strong franchise history and play with Sid and Geno, Toews and Hossa, Datsyuk and Zetterberg? Or does he want to return to the place he knows and is comfortable with in New Jersey? Hopefully today we’ll have an answer.
Ryan Suter is also taking his time in making a decision. The rumor mill has been flying around about him as well. Since Jordin Tootoo signed with the Detroit Red Wings, people have said there is a strong possibility that Suter would too. The Red Wings have a strong franchise and with a familiar face already here, he might be inclined to come to Hockeytown.
Sources also say the Suter is strongly considering the Minnisota Wild. Could Parise and Suter become the new dream team with the Wild?
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Muffy Lavens 