According to Mike Russo, the Wild have waived former Avalanche draft pick Mark Parrish. If Parrish clears waivers (he has 3 years remaining at $2.65 million per), the Wild are expected to buy out the 31-year old forward. If that happens, the Wild will be responsible for 2/3 of the remaining money owed to Parrish ($7.95 million * .67 = $5.32 million) which they can spread over twice the number of remaining years of the contract. So, the Wild will be looking at a cap hit of about $888,000 in each of the next 6 seasons. You’ve got to really want to get rid of a guy to do that.
In case you’re thinking about Parrish getting grabbed up by the Avs, don’t. Parrish’s point totals have declined in 4 of the last 5 seasons and in 9 NHL seasons he’s cracked the 50-point barrier just once. I’ll pass.
Um, I believe that means Francois Giguere has already called his agent with an offer.
Hurry, we might need another replacement for Sakic!
(maybe four or five of these guys will, together, get close to Joe’s point totals)