Knowing that we had zero intention of keeping Parise and having several offers to consider, we were happy to trade Parise to a team that "truly" wanted him.
We were doing everything we could to pursue a deal with a different team and no matter how we tried to tailor it to that GMs demands, it never came to fruition. During this time St. Louis had been working just as hard to get Parise from us and made it clear with the trade that ended up being accepted.
I am happy that on of us benefited from out hard work and equally as happy that the return for me was a bit over market price.
Thanks for the fun talks and persistence Ryan!
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