Creative off season

No thanks. You guys wanted Parise so you can keep him now

I just picked NJ to eat part of his contract cause I know they have plenty of cap. If Buffalo blows up I could see them being a better fit.

Would he waive?

He waives for NYI. Similar to the Foligno and Janmark trades at the deadline. Minnesota eats half, NJ eats half of that (1.875), and NYI gets Parise at 25% of the contract.

Major difference between the Janmark/Foligno trade is that they had 1 year deals. Parise has 4 left.

This is really interesting and I hope people at least appreciate it for that, really wish more AGMs were like this, I think NYI might well offer more for it ultimately

The big issue here is RNH conceptually & materially

Going to all that effort to unload aging player dead money which is what RNH will be there ultimately and almost certainly a value disparity asap it's just odd

Going from one of McDraisaitl as a primary linemate and a 10% drop in PP from EDM to MIN easily sets him back to 50 pts a year (was on pace for that even this)

It feels like one step forward one step back all told