Michael Russo of The Athletic: Sources have said that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin has let both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter know that they will have the remaining four years of their contracts bought out.
Michael Russo: “Because both have no-moves, they essentially will get emails from team to waive waivers and become free agents.
Wild decided rather than buying out 1, they’d buy out both for $10.33M in cap relief this year and $2.33M in cap relief next. $15+ cap charges in Years 3-4”
Michael Russo: The Wild will now likely be protecting Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, Foligno, Hartman, Greenway, STURM, Spurgeon, Brodin, DUMBA, Talbot for the expansion draft.