Bill Guerin shocked the entire NHL with a couple quick phone calls after months of deliberation. On a quiet Tuesday morning, he bought out the two biggest free agent contracts in Minnesota Wild history with four years remaining on them, letting Zach Parise and Ryan Suter walk away from the franchise that embraced them for several years.
This affects the Wild’s future salary cap and greatly affects what the team is going to be doing during next week’s expansion draft, but that’s neither here or there. Guerin stepped in front of the microphone and faced the media just hours after the decision was final.