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Originally Posted by devo22
Is it possible that they suffer from a bit of a country club atmosphere (hate the term, but can't think of a more apt description)? They have signed several big names to long big-money contracts (Parise, Suter, Vanek, Pominville) after all and at least a couple of those probably just wanted to live in Minnesota more than anything else (I know that Vanek did, for example). Actually love a lot of their young talent and thought that team would be great this year. Maybe I'm totally wrong about the vets, but it's certainly possible.
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Sounds like its just a real bad mix of a lot of stuff going on.... Parise's dad, Suter's (wasn't his dad, was it?) passing away isn't a "country club" thing...... as for Vanek, ya that one looks like a F-up.