I’m just kidding, as a fan I’ll never respect him again but as a human, enjoy your retirement number 9.
Radjage
I think we all learned you can’t trust what Parise says, we’ll see in a couple years if he actually stays retired.
ericmcgeehan
I know he left, and left us in an awful spot, but he was a hell of a player with us. He was my favorite player at the time, I was 10 his rookie season and he wore my favorite number.
specifichero101
I never had any ill will towards parise. Him leaving at the time he did probably helped more than it hurt ultimately. Got to play in his home state and be near his dad before he passed. Always kinda hoped he landed back in jersey once he was bought out but didn’t work out. Hope he enjoys retirement, had a great career.
SW777
Never wanted him to get a cup after leaving us, and he didn’t. I can’t picture him as a Devil anymore since he left.
Smooth_Flatworm7426
I have both of these jerseys in my closet. They have not seen the light of day since he left. But seeing that brings back fond memories of his devils career. He was a very exciting player early on and filled a role on the roster. Sad that he left, but I never held it against him. It’s a business and he needed to take other things outside of his job to be a focus. Him going home during the last few years of his dad’s life is understandable in my opinion.
ElephantRedCar91
Man I had some sweet parise jerseys. I tossed my white one in a chipper after the wild signing and I lost my 2010 team USA 3rd when I moved into my house. I still try to find that USA one that was one of my favorites.
lobsterdog666
you should get it signed by his mommy
Joisey_Toad32
He retires a perennial loser, good riddance boyo. Hope trying to play hero for daddy and your buddy was worth it. 👋
Midnight_Mustard
You guys sound like Islanders fans lol come on 😂 dude went to go play for his home team and his dad died in 2015…. You really think he didn’t know he was unwell when he signed in MN? Come on
sanbaba
Good man.
Ktulu_holding
Everyone can be as bitter as they like about Parise—that’s their choice of course— but all the talk about deceit and lying and whatever is cringe. I highly doubt he personally lied to anyone one here face-to-face, so any impressions of what Zach was doing at the time came from 2nd-hand reporting through the media. Who knows, maybe in the course of the negotiations his Dad’s health declined, but he didn’t want to talk about that in the media. I’m sure a lot happened behind closed doors that Devils fans weren’t aware of. Some people talk about this guy like he’s an ex-girlfriend, not a professional hockey player.
Anyway, He didn’t betray NJ. He didn’t go to the Rags or Philly, or even a rival, he went to a fairly shitty team in a different conference. Moreover, he and Suter left their teams to be near their sick fathers — have any of the bitter masses stopped to consider that maybe he traded a cup run with NJ to be near his family? Is it so horrible that maybe he wanted to bring the cup home to his Dad’s old team before his Dad died of lung cancer?
Why bother to mention this? Because he was one of the greatest Devils players ever, and I think he deserves better treatment from the NJ fans.
As for me, I want to say thank you to Zach for 6 great years in NJ, he’s still all-time #5 for goals, #10 for points, and he was +57 during his time with the Devils.
I was devastated when he left, but I’m glad he got to spend time with his Dad. I have a beautiful Reebok 6500 home jersey with his name on it, and I have no intention of keeping it in the closet.
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I’m just kidding, as a fan I’ll never respect him again but as a human, enjoy your retirement number 9.
I think we all learned you can’t trust what Parise says, we’ll see in a couple years if he actually stays retired.
I know he left, and left us in an awful spot, but he was a hell of a player with us. He was my favorite player at the time, I was 10 his rookie season and he wore my favorite number.
I never had any ill will towards parise. Him leaving at the time he did probably helped more than it hurt ultimately. Got to play in his home state and be near his dad before he passed. Always kinda hoped he landed back in jersey once he was bought out but didn’t work out. Hope he enjoys retirement, had a great career.
Never wanted him to get a cup after leaving us, and he didn’t. I can’t picture him as a Devil anymore since he left.
I have both of these jerseys in my closet. They have not seen the light of day since he left. But seeing that brings back fond memories of his devils career. He was a very exciting player early on and filled a role on the roster. Sad that he left, but I never held it against him. It’s a business and he needed to take other things outside of his job to be a focus. Him going home during the last few years of his dad’s life is understandable in my opinion.
Man I had some sweet parise jerseys. I tossed my white one in a chipper after the wild signing and I lost my 2010 team USA 3rd when I moved into my house. I still try to find that USA one that was one of my favorites.
you should get it signed by his mommy
He retires a perennial loser, good riddance boyo. Hope trying to play hero for daddy and your buddy was worth it. 👋
You guys sound like Islanders fans lol come on 😂 dude went to go play for his home team and his dad died in 2015…. You really think he didn’t know he was unwell when he signed in MN? Come on
Good man.
Everyone can be as bitter as they like about Parise—that’s their choice of course— but all the talk about deceit and lying and whatever is cringe. I highly doubt he personally lied to anyone one here face-to-face, so any impressions of what Zach was doing at the time came from 2nd-hand reporting through the media. Who knows, maybe in the course of the negotiations his Dad’s health declined, but he didn’t want to talk about that in the media. I’m sure a lot happened behind closed doors that Devils fans weren’t aware of. Some people talk about this guy like he’s an ex-girlfriend, not a professional hockey player.
Anyway, He didn’t betray NJ. He didn’t go to the Rags or Philly, or even a rival, he went to a fairly shitty team in a different conference. Moreover, he and Suter left their teams to be near their sick fathers — have any of the bitter masses stopped to consider that maybe he traded a cup run with NJ to be near his family? Is it so horrible that maybe he wanted to bring the cup home to his Dad’s old team before his Dad died of lung cancer?
Why bother to mention this? Because he was one of the greatest Devils players ever, and I think he deserves better treatment from the NJ fans.
As for me, I want to say thank you to Zach for 6 great years in NJ, he’s still all-time #5 for goals, #10 for points, and he was +57 during his time with the Devils.
I was devastated when he left, but I’m glad he got to spend time with his Dad. I have a beautiful Reebok 6500 home jersey with his name on it, and I have no intention of keeping it in the closet.
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