Parise to miss 3 months

[justinsayne]

Parise to miss three months
Tuesday, 11.02.2010 / 7:06 PM / News
By Eric Marin

Zach Parise will miss the next three months after undergoing exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and having a torn meniscus repaired on Tuesday.

This is the first major injury for Parise, who scored 38 times last year to lead the Devils in goals for a fourth straight season. He made at least 81 appearances in each of his first five NHL campaigns.

Parise's knee collided with Kyle Clifford in the second period of Saturday's game at Los Angeles, and he did not play in the third. He had three goals, three assists in 12 games this year.

Parise set career highs of 45 goals and 94 points two years ago. He has collected 163 goals and 178 assists for 374 points in 419 career games. Last year, teammates voted Parise the Devils' MVP for the second straight time.

Just when you think things couldn't possibly be getting any worse for NJ one of their top wingers and one of the leaders of this team is now out for 3 months, they're already without Rolston, Kovy has (so far) proven to be a huge bust, and then there are the salary cap issues that have really been hurting them as well, with all the problems and a 4-9-1 record this has got to be the most frustrating time in the world to a Devils fan, what does NJ need to do to get back on track?

 

[The King]

Good thing they signed that goal scorer fro 15 years and $100 million. Parise is the best player on this team by far. Kovy has done dick all. Jersey is in trouble..