2012 NHL Free Agents: The Other Team That Benefits from Wild’s Big Signings

July 7th, 2012 by Adam Rickert Leave a reply »
One of the best teams in the NHL should be jumping for joy that Zach Parise and Ryan Suter have signed with the Minnesota Wild.

This team was not a contender to sign either of the two at any point, but it is one of the top contenders to win the Stanley Cup this upcoming season and its chances have just increased.

This team is the St. Louis Blues.

Division rivals Detroit and Chicago missed out on the prized free agents and Nashville has been thrown into a panic after losing one of its biggest stars.

The Blues won the Central Division for the first time since 2000 last season, and while St. Louis has not made any significant signings this offseason, it has been a successful one so far.

The Central is one of the strongest divisions in hockey, but now, since Nashville and Detroit have been depleted by free-agent losses and retirements and Chicago still has not found any solutions for its weak defense or goaltending, St. Louis' chances of winning the Central just became a little bit better.

The Blues don't have to worry about Zach Parise in the Central Division and Ryan Suter (as well as possibly Shea Weber ...

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