The time has come. With the Stanley Cup awarded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the second consecutive years, NHL organizations are now going to enter the first buyout period of their offseason, just a short 24 hours from the final game of the postseason.
There are many candidates around the league, but none that truly concerns a fan base as much as Minnesota Wild and the potential of buying out winger Zach Parise.
Parise has seen his role on the team decline — headlined by his first few healthy scratches as a member of the Wild this season — and a mutual parting of ways might be on the table for GM Bill Guerin and the aging forward.