Confirmed Buy-Out [MIN] Zach Parise and Ryan Suter

[Nsjohnson]

Buying out Suter is a mistake. You gain some flexibility financially but now you’ve got to pay someone else to fill that hole in the lineup.

We have two defenseman that will already be stepping in so not really.

 

[State of Hockey]

Buying out Suter allows them to protect Dumba in the Expansion draft. They have to submit their list in 4 days, and probably didn't find a deal they liked. Otherwise they lose him for nothing.

And that (Seattle picking him) is by far the better move than to buyout Suter. Dumba is replaceable, paid well, and a UFA in two years. Instead we lose a comparable quality defensemen AND have to pay an insane cap hit that will prevent a quality long-term replacement.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

just wanted to say, as a devils fan, this is hilarious. how'd that contract work out for you, f***nut?

Made 100 million dollars and gets to pick his team of choice to go on a cup run. Worked out pretty well I’d say

 

[ScaredStreit]

Parise didn't shock me...but Suter being bought out did.

 

[AcerComputer]

Just think EDM could have gotten a draft pick for free if they took on Suter!

 

[Voight]

Suter at least lived up to his deal. Should have a Norris to name (2013).

Parise on the other hand..... ouch.

Never forget Leipold complaining about long term contracts and then months later giving out matching 13 year deals

 

[Ice Mammoth]

I do not understand the meaning of what happened.

Total - (2021/22 $ 4,743,588) - (2022/23 $ 12,743,588) - (2023/24 $ 14,743,588) - (2024/25 $ 14,743,588).
Compared to the latest contracts of players - great benefit only during this season.
Bill Guerin maybe stayed behind the scenes in the famous video Evgeny Kuznetsov?

 

[Jeune Poulet]

In the case of Suter, Minnesota could have found a trade that financially makes sense with a significant number of teams.

So the only way they are buying Suter out is because he is being difficult about it and using his NMC.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Those cap hits in future seasons are nasty!

 

[KingsFan7824]

Just IMO - but the Hawks only moved Keith because he wanted to be closer to his family. The Hawks blueline is definitely worse after trading Keith, and adding a stable influence like Suter would definitely help insulate the highly thought of young guys.

If Suter is cool being a babysitter, then I guess go to Chi. It's not like he's got a Cup though. He's never been to the 3rd rd. He's got a shot to pick a ready made contender, with plenty of buyout money to back him up financially.

It's his career, do whatever, but you don't want to give it a chance? Just chill on the Hawks, and maybe hope you still have enough by the deadline to still be wanted? The door can shut quickly when you're that old.

 

[Voight]

Zack Parise is already unofficially an Islander

IIRC Lou tried to swap Ladd for him two years ago. 1 albatross for another.

 

[Wats]

Guessing it has something to do with expansion draft protection of Dumba/Brodin/Scandella + 7 forwards instead of 4D and 4F.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

In the case of Suter, Minnesota could have found a trade that financially makes sense with a significant number of teams.

So the only way they are buying Suter out is because he is being difficult about it and using his NMC.

Or if he didn't plan on playing out the full length of the contract.

 

[Ola]

Via The Athletic source:

According to sources, Wild general manager Bill Guerin called both Parise and Suter to inform each of them that the team is buying out the remaining four years of each of their contracts.

Both players will become free agents on July 28.

The Wild will pay each $6.7 million over the next eight years and be charged with $2.371 million, $6.371 million and $7.371 million cap hits in the next four years, respectively, for each, then $833,333 cap hits the four years after that for each.

The owner makes a heck of a lot of money due to this move if the alternative is that Minny is a max cap team which they probably would have been.

 

[CamelToews]

Wild wilding!

 

[State of Hockey]

If you had predicted on the day they signed that one of the two would be getting scratched and both would be bought out with 4 years left AND Minnesota would have no championships to show for it you’d have been lambasted.

I didn't say it in quite that way, but I still have the marks. But I was proven right.

 

[MuckOG]

In the case of Suter, Minnesota could have found a trade that financially makes sense with a significant number of teams.

So the only way they are buying Suter out is because he is being difficult about it and using his NMC.

You're not considering the cap recapture penalty MIN would be under threat of until the end of the contract if he were traded or bought out by the team he was traded to.

Parise was already dead cap space because he was a healthy scratch to finish off most of last season. Guerin must've figured that Suter was soon to follow.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Just think EDM could have gotten a draft pick for free if they took on Suter!

Nope.

 

[MartyOwns]

Made 100 million dollars and gets to pick his team of choice to go on a cup run. Worked out pretty well I’d say

a cup run lol. maybe he can use his money to buy a really expensive ring, because he'll never get as close to getting one any other way than when he was with us.

you say it worked out well for him, i think it worked out really well for us. i can't even imagine having his contract on our books until the sun burns out. eat shit, zach! go out to the pasture on long island for your sunset years.

 

[Dog]

Nope.

Correct, because Suter would never go to Edmonton or any Canadian team.

 

[Thorton02]

Man, I remember sitting by the pool and hearing the moment these guys signed. That was a lifetime ago.

 

[CamPopplestone]

Buying out Suter is a mistake. You gain some flexibility financially but now you’ve got to pay someone else to fill that hole in the lineup.

Not a mistake if it means keeping Dumba protected.

 

[Captain97]

If the Habs get him somehow and Chiarot isn't picked in the ED

Eddy - Petry
Suter - Weber
Romanov - Chiarot

Sounds terrible to play against and far better than this past years dcore.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

a cup run lol. maybe he can use his money to buy a really expensive ring, because he'll never get as close to getting one any other way than when he was with us.

you say it worked out well for him, i think it worked out really well for us. i can't even imagine having his contract on our books until the sun burns out. eat shit, zach! go out to the pasture on long island for your sunset years.

The GMs in this league value vets and insane amount he’ll get signed by a contender. Also, I agree New Jersey dodged a bullet on this contract. Parise had some decent years on the Wild, but he was never worth his cap hit and now with this huge buyout they really regret it

 

[Spurgeon]

Buying out Suter might be the worst cap decision a GM has ever made.