Now that the Minnesota Wild have bought out the contracts of Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, their twin ... [+] mega-deals are a cautionary tale for the rest of the NHL. The general manager of the Minnesota Wild took a risk Tuesday that not many people in his position would be allowed to attempt, never mind execute, by ownership. (24 percent of the cap space when the deals were signed, according to CapFriendly.com.) And it’ll always be a case study for NHL executives figuring out what not to do in a league with a hard salary cap. The Parise/Suter experiment should serve as a cautionary tale for any NHL GM who has the cap space to import a couple superstars and thinks that devoting a quarter of the team’s total salary cap to a duo might be the key to Cup glory.

Source: Forbes July 13, 2021 20:44 UTC