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Russo's Rants their nine seasons in Minnesota, but the Wild could never quite get over the hump and won a grand total of two playoff games beyond the first round. The Parise buyout was expect- ed after Minnesota's all-time leading NHL goal scorer played fourth-line minutes in the sec- ond half of last season and began the playoffs as a healthy scratch. Parise was relieved to get a fresh start and he'll get to suit up for a team that he'd been destined to end up on for a few years—the New York Islanders, where his late father, J.P., used to play. The Suter buyout not only blindsided the fan base and the media but Suter himself. Still a capable top- four defenseman, Suter never envisioned he, too, would be sent packing. But he sure landed on his feet courtesy of a four-year deal with the rival Dallas Stars. Guerin felt in his heart of hearts that if he was going to start anew without Parise, then Suter, Parise's sidekick, should also depart so the locker room could At long last, Kirill Kaprizov has arrived. Minnesota Wild fans hope his spectacular rookie season was just the beginning. M H J ON L I N E . C O M | O C T O B E R 2 0 2 1 26 ill the Wild be better? We don't know yet, but they'll certainly be different. In a stunning bit of news in mid-July, the end of not only the Zach Parise era, but also the Ryan Suter era arrived when gen- eral manager Bill Guerin decided to make a clean break from the twin 13-year signings from nine years earlier. Parise and Suter helped lead the Wild to the playoffs in eight of W New faces of the franchise emerge as Wild continue transformation by Michael Russo 2021-22 MINNE SO TA WIL D SE A SON PRE V IE W Turning Point