Parise, Suter brought 'credibility' to Wild

Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold tells The Star Tribune he has no regrets about signing Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to their long-term, big-money contracts.

“Their play is just fantastic; I would do it again,” Leipold said. “In fact, I would imagine that many other owners, given the opportunity, would do it as well.

“There’s just no question they brought credibility to our program, other players want to come here, the fans recognize that we are committed to winning the Stanley Cup.”

Leipold says the future of head coach Mike Yeo "will be Chuck’s decision. I’m confident that if we keep winning there’s no question that Chuck will want to bring him back.”

Here's the part Wild fans will particularly love though. Watch for another 'key' signing via free agency.

“The salary cap we’re OK,” Leipold said. “Marquee players, the two — Parise and Suter — continue to go down [in yearly salary]. Next year we’ll have some salaries that will be dropped off the team. We really think we’re going to be in a position to sign one more player, some key free agent to come in and maybe beef up our defense a little bit.

Source: Sid Hartman, Star Tribune