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Signings are 'game-changer' for Wild on ice and at box office"
espn ^ | 7-5-12 | Judd Zulgad

Posted on 07/05/2012 12:41:25 PM PDT by TurboZamboni

There is no guarantee the Minnesota Wild's decision to give matching 13-year, $98 million deals to Zach Parise and Ryan Suter is going to work out. Free agent deals of this magnitude have failed before, setting franchises back and backfiring in ways that no could have expected on the day they were signed. But on Wednesday, as the Wild announced they had secured the services of the two biggest free agents on the market, there was no time for this type of cynicism in the Twin Cities sports community.

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TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: hockey; nhl; parise; suter
"game-changer" is overused,but I like the deal.
1 posted on 07/05/2012 12:41:36 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

What sport is this? Bowling? :)


2 posted on 07/05/2012 1:01:44 PM PDT by Ingtar ("As the light begins to fade in the city on the hill")
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To: Ingtar

The Rangers should have signed Parise.


3 posted on 07/05/2012 1:19:30 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: Ingtar
What sport is this?

Curling is my guess.

4 posted on 07/05/2012 1:35:33 PM PDT by newheart (At what point does policy become treason?)
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To: newheart

Maybe they’ll sign Brian Boitano too...


5 posted on 07/05/2012 2:00:28 PM PDT by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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