ST. PAUL, MN - MARCH 03: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild camps out in front of the Nashville Predators net during a game at Xcel Energy Center on March 3, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota.(Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
The Minnesota Wild nearly traded forward Zach Parise at the NHL trade deadline, could that have been a mistake? A look into why the Wild shouldn’t trade Zach Parise.

July 4th, 2012, The Minnesota Wild made a big splash into the free-agency market by locking up both defenseman Ryan Suter and forward Zach Parise to identical 13-year, $98 million deals.