Given they are both nearing their mid-thirties, you’ve got to question whether Zach Parise‘s current scoring rate is sustainable, especially as we’ve seen Eric Staal off the pace to start the year with the Minnesota Wild.
Looking at Eric Staal‘s game, he is a two-way center who was getting his goals partly as a result of having good line-mates to back him up and having a career year due to increased starts in the offensive zone making it easier to score.
Zach Parise, by comparison, has missed plenty of games over his time with the Minnesota Wild courtesy of injury.