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What Bill Guerin’s Quiet Deadline Means for the Future of the Wild Roster

By Lake Martin

ST PAUL, MINNESOTA - OCTOBER 20: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the game at Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Canadiens 4-3. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
ST PAUL, MINNESOTA - OCTOBER 20: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the game at Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Canadiens 4-3. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – NOVEMBER 26: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild plays against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on November 26, 2019, in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – NOVEMBER 26: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild plays against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on November 26, 2019, in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

On deadline day, we almost witnessed the end of the Parise Era in Minnesota. It was reported that Parise and Andrew Ladd from the New York Islanders had both waived their No Move Clauses; it was just down to the General Managers hammering out a deal.

We waited…

…and waited…

…and waited…

Until, for some reason or another, there was no more noise about the Wild and Islanders making a trade.

The deadline had come and passed and neither team had a deal waiting in the League Office Queue.

So Zach Parise stayed a member of the Minnesota Wild and Andrew Ladd was still apart of the Islanders organization.

Now, based on the Jason Zucker trade, I imagine that GM Bill Guerin was going to get more back for Parise than just Andrew Ladd, but no reports have surfaced on what that might have been.

While Paul Fenton was at the helm, Parise was offered to the New York Islanders in the offseason, but no deal was had.

This season, Bill Guerin looked to be close to completing a deal, again with the Islanders, but this time there were complications on the money side fo the deal- likely how much Salary Retention would there be.

Without the pressure of a hard deadline, might the Wild and the Islanders look to reengage talks in the offseason?

Who knows, but it’s certainly a possibility. There’s a lot of personal history tied up with these two franchises. Zach Parise’s father played for the Islanders during his career. Bill Guerin played for Lou Lamoriello with the New Jersey Devils, winning a pair of Stanley Cups. Zach Parise was drafted by Lou Lamoriello- also with the Devils Organization.

I still can’t imagine that the Wild were only getting Andrew Ladd, so what else was a part of the deal? Draft Picks and/or Prospects? Someone else apart of the Islander roster? I’m not certain on any of it, which is fairly typical for a trade involving a Lamoriello team- he is notoriously stingy on details with the media (not necessarily a bad thing, just looking to protect his organization.)

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