Post by Hawks GM on Sept 12, 2011 20:00:33 GMT -5
Q. What would you tell Devils fans right now that see your 1-year deal and are worried you won't be with the team next summer?
PARISE: There's a lot of things that go into signing a contract and a lot of things that people don't know and people, I guess, don't understand. By no means is me signing the 1-year deal saying I'm packing up and leaving. I guess I understand why people would think that and say that, but it wasn't like that. The negotiations weren't like that. It was very professional and everything was done the right way. It's not a lie. We're gonna keep working on it and we're gonna keep trying to get something long-term. We're not just saying it to please everybody, that's the honest truth. That's where everything stands right now.
full interview here: sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Puck-Daddy-chats-with-Zach-Parise-about-his-new-?urn=nhl-wp12318#remaining-content
PARISE: There's a lot of things that go into signing a contract and a lot of things that people don't know and people, I guess, don't understand. By no means is me signing the 1-year deal saying I'm packing up and leaving. I guess I understand why people would think that and say that, but it wasn't like that. The negotiations weren't like that. It was very professional and everything was done the right way. It's not a lie. We're gonna keep working on it and we're gonna keep trying to get something long-term. We're not just saying it to please everybody, that's the honest truth. That's where everything stands right now.
full interview here: sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Puck-Daddy-chats-with-Zach-Parise-about-his-new-?urn=nhl-wp12318#remaining-content
