11 was his number at UND and his father's number with the North Stars. You don't exactly get to choose your numbers in the Devils system, although coincidentally he did wear 11 his one year in Albany.Had a connecting flight thru Minneapolis and they have parise and Suter T-shirts prominently displayed at the entrance to a store in the concourse. Did a double take and felt a little sad. I don't hold anything against him, but it did take me aback a bit for a second. Later two guys I was sitting next to at the bar were discussing Suter and parise. minny fans are very excited to have him. The parise shirt was number 11, not 9.
Zach Parise 'ran the show' + 30 Thoughts
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 11:31 PM
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of all mascots far and wide.IT IS VERY HARD TO WIN ONE STANLEY CUP, FORGET ABOUT THREE... and maybe it's high time some of you actually APPRECIATED THAT instead of treating it like it's some flipping birthright because for some random reason you rooted for the damn Devils!!!!!
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 08:01 AM
11 was his number at UND and his father's number with the North Stars. You don't exactly get to choose your numbers in the Devils system, although coincidentally he did wear 11 his one year in Albany.
#11 was already taken by John Madden; if it had been available, I bet he would've gotten it.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 09:23 AM
#11 was already taken by John Madden; if it had been available, I bet he would've gotten it.
He mentioned that at the news conference afgter signing with MN. He had no actual attachment to #9, and couldn't get his prefered #11 in NJ because Madden already had it. I think Koivu is #9 in MN, so he had to take #11.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 12:24 PM
Zach who?
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 05:36 PM
Good point about #11 already being taken, I forgot about that. My point, though, was that he had no attachment to #9 and clearly preferred #11.#11 was already taken by John Madden; if it had been available, I bet he would've gotten it.
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 05:45 PM
Good point about #11 already being taken, I forgot about that. My point, though, was that he had no attachment to #9 and clearly preferred #11.
That scumbag pretended all along that he was happy with #9, when in reality, he couldn't wait to get his hands on #11. What else did we not know about Zach Parise?
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:40 AM
Laughed pretty hard at thisThat scumbag pretended all along that he was happy with #9, when in reality, he couldn't wait to get his hands on #11. What else did we not know about Zach Parise?
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 07:38 AM
After the infamous game 3 loss to the Rags where Parise refused to talk to the media, according to one of my most trusted sources, Parise went to the nearest orphanage and punched every baby square in the face. A few minutes later, he went down to the animal shelter and kicked as many deformed puppies he could find. I'm glad that sick bastard is on our team anymore
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:02 AM
I'm still thrilled he's in Minny (if not with us) and not ANYWHERE else, like these teams I hate passionately, phi, pitt, nyr, det.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:29 AM
And now for something completely different.
NHL Network had Game 6 of the Devs/Panthers series on last night. Watched the whole thing again and still got excited when that OT goal went in.
NHL Network had Game 6 of the Devs/Panthers series on last night. Watched the whole thing again and still got excited when that OT goal went in.
It's the whiskey talking.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:45 AM
At least he didn't journey down to Popcorn Park Zoo... then I'd be questioning his morals.After the infamous game 3 loss to the Rags where Parise refused to talk to the media, according to one of my most trusted sources, Parise went to the nearest orphanage and punched every baby square in the face. A few minutes later, he went down to the animal shelter and kicked as many deformed puppies he could find. I'm glad that sick bastard is on our team anymore
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:09 AM
And now for something completely different.
NHL Network had Game 6 of the Devs/Panthers series on last night. Watched the whole thing again and still got excited when that OT goal went in.
They showed all 7 games of the series yesterday. I forgot how dominant the Devils were. Game 6 was like 41- to 15 SOG
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:16 PM
Was funny, was watching game 7 & couldn't remember those announcers. Then remembered that we had the Steve & Chico broadcast. Nice watch on a hot summer night. Loved the Marty saves in the 1st OT. Fans were ready to celebrate.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:31 PM
I was at game 7 and those saves happened right in front of me. I thought that was the end of the season right there.
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