July 4, 2012 is a day that will live long in the history books of Minnesota. A Minnesota sports franchise did something unique in signing the top free agent available to bolster their offense. They added several exclamation points to the announcement as they announced the signing of the top defensive free agent on the market in tandem, and thus began the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter era for the Minnesota Wild. While the Minnesota sports market has drafted and developed some top level talent from Kirby Puckett to Kevin Garnett to Johan Santana to Mike Modano to Maya Moore, but the nature of being in a smaller market has not allowed any of the franchises to be big time players in free agency.
12/4/2012: The day the Wild set their path for the future
