They shocked the NHL world in 2012 and were dramatically bought out nine years later, but the 39-year-olds' Cup dreams are still alive.
DENVER — It remains one of the biggest free-agent news days in history. With matching 13-year, $98-million contracts, and in a UFA package deal to the shook the NHL to its core on July 4, 2012. Nine years later, dramatic buyouts for each of them. But three years after that, Suter and Parise are both still chasing their Stanley Cup dreams at the age of 39, squaring off in a playoff series against each other for the first time in their careers. Advertisement Weird? Maybe a little.
“Not that everyone is not doing that, but you have the core here of players that won a couple of years ago. I know them well enough from playing them all those years. That’s really what it came down to is, ‘we’re going for it.’ “And that’s the reason I wanted to play again, is to get another chance.” He signed a one-year, $825,000 deal on Jan. 26. “We watched a lot of his games from last year and the year prior,” Bednar said.
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