- Dec 10, 2012
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How good are both players at this stage?
As of the end of Minnesota's season, Parise is a decent to solid 3rd/4th liner, depending on what your lines are deployed as. Speed isn't really there, defensive play that never was really there definitely isn't there, but he's still mostly willing to go to the net and chip away at pucks. He can occasionally make a somewhat skilled play reminiscent of the past, but don't rely on that. Realistically, in the right situation, he's probably still good for abouit 15ish goals and maybe 30ish points, but most of them are going to be greasy.
Suter is still a solid second pair defenseman at this point. He's lost foot speed as well because of an injury he had a couple years back, but his game was always more cerebral than physical anyway. He's still good from a positioning and stick checking standpoint. Sometimes it looks like he's not really trying all that hard though. He's never going to be the first to a loose puck or to a corner battle, but he can still effectively win the battle a lot of the time. Still an all situations type player, just a worse version of what he used to be.