It was supposed to be the start of a golden age for Minnesota hockey. An end to their years of futility after a surprise playoff run almost ten years earlier. Signing the two best free agents on the market had the area dreaming of the Stanley Cup again.
Sadly, reality rarely works out as planned. The two players that were thought to have taken them over the top haven't had the significant impact they desired. The two have helped to bring the Wild back to the playoffs, but nothing further.
Competing, but not a true contender. This is the woe of the Minnesota Wild, a team locked into two terrible contracts for many more years to come. A team that can't supplement their core with talents to take them over the top. A team that is flirting with the irrelevance that they sought to overcome.
This video's a little different than the usual fare. Just figured I'd change things up a bit. Keep it "fresh".
"Fun" fact: This video slot was originally going to be a video about the Philadelphia Flyers. Winning nine of ten games kinda puts those plans on hold. Only fair.
Anyone here after the wild announced there buying out suter and parise
I was here before, and got this recommended again afterwards.
@@JaredtheRabbit yeah same
Lol me
Yes
YEEUP
"Close but never close enough" could describe all of Minnesota sports.
At least Twins won a World Series? lol
Lynx?
Yes 100% true
Correct. Since I’ve been alive the Vikings have lost 4 NFC Championship Games, the Wild have won just 4 playoff series, the Timberwolves have won just 2 playoff series, and the Twins have won ONE playoff series (they’ve also not won a playoff game in almost 15 years). At least we have the Lynx?
So far as the lynx go...if your best team is a WNBA team who have all of about 100 fans you might as well pack it in. Who wants to watch a bunch of ugly she men shoot layups anyways?
2012-13 Wild: We invested 20% of the Cap in two players! 2019-20 Leafs: Hold my beer
Hold my beer comments are bloody mint mate, cheers 👍🏼
Even comparing failures is like that
Yes it is she been kill 4 July lol
Oh my God, Kessel won ANOTHER Cup
Literally choked on my dinner when those contract terms popped up. Totally forgot how insane those contracts were.
RawCocoa 13 yrs is so fucked lol
Reminds of that DiPietro deal, I couldn't process it for an entire day
Scale of 1 to Bobby bonilla?
@@MrVariant Dude Bobby Bo has the GOAT contract of sport. July 1st will always be designated Bobby Bonilla Day.
I'm a Wings fan so I'm obviously a little biased but I expected them to come to Detroit. Suter could have taken assumed a position in the top defensive pairing with Lindstrom retiring and Parise would have been able to work with Datsyuk and Zetterberg as his centers. It made a lot of sense so I was disappointed when they both went to the Wild. When I saw the contracts though I figured the Wings dodged a bullet. They probably did but would go on to find other ways to fuck things up for the rest of the decade.
As a wild fan I’m just glad someone is talking about us
BoogieBot5 same here bro I’m a fan too
Amen
SolePilot92 yessir it’s hard being a all Minnesota fan
@@wildboys5915 amen brother
Same here.
Tree, you just came out of nowhere. Oh my! THis is a good one.
4:25 NHL: did you do it? Wild: yes NHL: what did it cost? Wild: everything
You know the same is being said about the Redskins right?
@@CelticSlayer93 how?
What do you mean how? Snyder is the dumbest owner in the league the Redskins keep wasting money on players and have absolutely nothing to show for it. They are even more of a laughing stock than Cleveland, Detroit and the Jets.
@@CelticSlayer93 yea he spends alot of money but he doesnt spend ALL the money on just 2 players to the point where we cant sign anyone else.
@@CelticSlayer93 At least the Skins have heritage and a couple of (very old) Lombardis in the cabinet. The Vikes are possibly the most snake bit franchise in the league next to CLE.
July 13th, 2021 The day the Wild were so desperate that they had to buy these two players out to resign Kaprizov. Only sacrificed having 7mil in dead cap for the next 8 years. You have to start somewhere.... I guess.......
It's this kind of thing that makes you thankful free agent contracts can't go beyond 7 years of term anymore. Also, re-sign*
@@KingCanada both were signed two months BEFORE the lockout that would bring about the change in max length. Imagine if both were still available by then...
Buying out Suter had nothing to do with re-signing Kaprizov, it was done so Wild can protect Dumba from Seattle
and buying out parise was so they could protect nico sturm
After 21-22 they'd be nearly playing for free. And if either one retired because of it, the cap hit would make this one look like peanuts. Would literally have to dismantle the roster to get under the cap. I think that was one part of this, mitigating against a probably franchise-killing cap disaster.
Man as a Minnesota fan, he is always roasting us. Cant blame him all our teams suck
You made 4 Super Bowls... oh wait
A long dark road ahead
Lakers moved to LA made Minnesota a cursed place.
it pains me
At least you have the Whitecaps, and they’re white hot. :P
As a minnesota fan, this was painful. Deserved, but painful.
Despite the dead cap the Wild have a very bright future with their young core and young stars in Kevin Fiala and Kirill Kaprizov.
They may not be able to sign Fiala due to the buyouts. Even if they do, they may become Kaprizov, Fiala, and a bunch of guys from the countless ice rinks in the state.
Uhhh about Fiala…..
That didn't age well.
Who’s here after the buyouts?👀
The Minnesota Wild: A Legacy of Failure Include the Minnesota Northstars in this video as well.
How about Minnesota: a Legacy of Sports Failure.
Not gonna lie I’ve been sitting on a script centered around this topic for about a year and a half encompassing both North Stars and Wild history but I’ve never had the time or the technology to be able to put it together. Tree technically beat me to it with this video, though mine would be longer and more in depth season by season.
@ZECTCustomUnit Fun fact, there were rumors initially that the Stars were going to be called the Lone Stars, and we're going to wear red, white, and blue jerseys.
@@OlympicSwimmerGhostRider Minnesota Twins Won World Series 1987 1991
@@OlympicSwimmerGhostRider they're still not as bad as Buffalo, Atlanta, San Diego, and North Carolina
Pray for me I’m a Vikings fan, Timberwolves fan, and Wild fan fml Edit: people were asking and yes sadly i am a Twins fan too
Feels bad
Same
Not a Twins fan?
Stay strong.
Add the Twins and I'm with you friend.
The funny thing is that, for all we know, the Wild could've been the second or third best team in the NHL for three consecutive years. Unfortunately for them, they ran face-first into the Blackhawks' fist three consecutive years as well.
Might be like the Isles against the Lightning, plus, ironically, they also got Parise now
July 4, 2023. Eleven years since Chuck Fletcher made the two biggest mistakes in his managerial career and Minnesota Wild history. The Wild are spending nearly 15 million for two people who aren't on the team. And it's likely gonna get worse because Zach Parise might retire (I loved him as an Islander). That will be a heavy recapture penalty.
Just what I need to be reminded of. Another Minnesota sports team disappointing me.
At least you got the 1987 and 1991 World Series championships to cling on to. I'd say "Go Twins", but I'm a Red Sox fan.
@@AkiraleTorimaki It was nice but before my time considering I was born in 1999. My best moment as a Minnesota sports fan was the Minneapolis Miracle. It was bittersweet though as the Vikings got ass-fucked by the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game and then they come to Minnesota and win the Super Bowl on our own turf. Oh, and also the Lynx. But I would rather have $1 than the Lynx win another 10 championships.
All that money for two NHL stars to being kicked in the balls by the Blackhawks......,again.
@Daniel Treadwell yeah Hawks are not in a good place right now
I came here to remember when the hawks were good
...while the Stars, Blues, and Jets took their turns as well...
the machinist no
Living in Minnesota and having a dad that taught me everything I know and love about hockey. I was born in 1991 which is basically a sweet spot and this video actually hit pretty hard I almost teared up. amazing video tree it's definitely how Minnesota is it's definitely the most devastating possible outcome for a team to leave due to the fact that it that prides itself so much on hockey. I actually grew up a penguin fan because of not having a team to cheer for.
Minnesota wild killing people she dead and injured lol
I agree yes
Minnesota is paying a high price for the Twins' Jack Morris' 1991 World Series Game 7 10-inning shutout.
The only positive thing to say about the Wild besides the unexpected playoff run 2003 is that they’ve won 4 more playoff series than the blue jackets.
Doesn't mean anything if there's still a 0 next to team's cup wins don't it?
blue jacket 91 *nods in Blues jersey*
@@bluejacket9129 it could be worse. your team's only two cup wins could be from the Gerald Ford administration and your rival fanbase, which has seen 5 cups since that time, could use it as a comeback in every argument to the point where it has no meaning, and your teams best chances at a cup since then could be derailed by death, dirty hits, and bad goals.
@@michaellipinski8758 all I'm going to say is that last year the jackets inability to defend the counter attack and being too aggressive offensively was the reason that Columbus got just two wins against Washington. That and Washington putting in grubauer. The problem with Columbus has been that and should they switch up to something else I could see them force a game seven and perhaps actually winning the first round series. Another concern though is that torts is too stubborn to change anything and may continue as is.
@@bluejacket9129 The jackets also didn't get timely saves consistently. it was the same problem they had against Pittsburgh both times. Plus Washington switching to a reinvigorated Holtby gave them a spark. That said, the Jackets were a post away from going up 3-0 and probably winning the series. That single instant changed the entire playoffs. By the way, in case you couldn't tell, I'm a Flyers fan.
A Legacy of Failure that isn't Atlanta? Oh Thank God.
In the playoff part I was thinking, Oh so this the the NHL Falcons.
One game in and the Atlanta Legends already need one.
@@0Clewi0 The Blues are the NHL Falcons or Clippers
And a delay for the Seahawks roast
I'm a huge Falcons fan.
If you're gonna do another one of these, you should talk about the tragedy that is wasting Ilya Kovalchuk's career. From mismanagement in Atlanta to trading him for pennies on the dollar and him later becoming one of the most hated men in Jersey.
So who's here after the Wild won the Cup?
Yep. This video aged poorly - Man in 2029
In NHL EA Sports 🏒 🎮
Ok, I'm ready for my State of Hockey to get put on blast.
Funny how this came in my recommendations AFTER the double buyout
Who's here after the double buyout that ensued
And they lost Kevin Fiala because of a 10 years old move and he had 85 Pts in 81 games. Ouch
He Ain’t gonna replicate that with LA. He would’t have gotten 85 pts if Matt Boldy didn’t get called up
28 Days Later Theme playing in the background 🔥
Who's here after Parise and Suter were bought out?
The fact that they were both handed assistant captain roles before ever attending a training camp or practice tells you it was a mistake from the press conference on...
Ehh… Koivu deserved the C for being one of the original core members of the franchise along with Marian Gaborik in company.
14.7 milllion in dead cap space in 2 years. this will certainly birth a sequel 🤣
You should make a video on MN sports like you did for buffalo. It would just be a legacy of failure video. I know the Twins have won two world series, but those were years ago. These teams constantly do bad, and when they reach the playoffs, they always fall flat. I want you to let Minnesota have it. The Vikings, Wild, Twins, Timberwolves, Minnesota United FC, all of it.
NickDaGeek lynx are good
NickDaGeek Nah don’t include the MLS team. Just the Big 4 teams.
@@PG13hockeyman I'm just taking about the big 5, like the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and MLS
PG13hockeyman if you’re being honest who gives a shit about the WNBA
I don’t care about basketball. I only care that there is a Minnesota team winning championships.
How to tell Tree doesn't make content for the ad money: vid is 50 seconds short of 10 minutes.
Isn’t he already sponsored anyway though?
Both players bought out and will be paid about $6.7M per year over the next EIGHT years. Damn.
Actually, it's only about $6.7M TOTAL. $833,333 per over the next 8. Still, that dead cap from July 1 2022-July 1 2025....Jeez!
Minnesota sports are cursed ever since the Lakers moved to LA.
Close, try the 1991 bear hug tag by kent hrbek
Yeah my Lakers are cursed 😂
LeCryBaby James Guess that’s how the T-wolves trying so hard to bring back Lakers 😂😂😂😂
What about when the Twins won the World Series in '91?
Or getting rid of Big Papi
Minnesota: The cold wasteland of wasted potential
adult man not really. Look at how many players the NHL received from Minnesota (when you’re talking about American-born players). While Minnesota isn’t the greatest, think on the bright side, we have bucketloads of people who go into hockey.
Juggernog Master when you look at their championships. It’s wasted potential
Minnesota sucks
Close, but never close enough... this can be used to describe all of Minnesota sports...
I’m a Wild fan. When I saw the title, I went to go get my liquor of choice before watching the video.
Ironic how this video is 9:11
**bush stands up
@JL-CptAtom nah its just that bush did it
Dude good eyes but not cool
How is that ironic? 9/11 didn't happen in Minnesota to make much sense
Josiah Domster What’s ironic about that? What do the Minnesota Wild have to do with 9/11?
The 4th of July also killed the NBA four years after this occurred
GoldenGoodieGoomba Damn right. I’m an OKC fan but he just HAD to do that on my birthday.
The Dallas stars should have been named the Dallas Lone Stars.
Just got this on my recommend feed on the same day the Wild bought out the contracts
Now they have a true superstar!
Who’s here after the buyouts
Thanks for the hockey coverage again!
Don't think I didn't notice that subtle Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion music playing in the intro of the video, very nicely done and an amazing job as always, sir!!!
I’m coincidentally watching this on July 4th 2023
Minnesota Wild can have Marco Scandella back
We will take him if you take karin housley.
Damn
He sucks so much
At least he isn't Josh Gorges
I second that
Thank you so much for talking about this it seemed like one of those things everyone knew but didnt want to admit about their team
a true gem. I recommend you make more.
Who’s here after they both got bought out
I love you're playing the a little bit of the Oblivion soundtrack. Actually thinking of playing the game again now.
Tree, thank you for doing what you do. I missed out on a number of years of professional hockey, and videos like these help me catch up on how the current NHL scene is what it is. Keep shitposting/recapping the forgotten years!
Honestly, even though those two contracts are looking pretty rough, Suter and Parise have consistently played well and continue to do so. The wild failing is mostly due to them never being bad enough for a lottery pick, and lacking more offence to put them over the top. It was a case of management and owners being too satisfied with themselves when there was still evidently more work to be done. What a shame- coming from a leafs fan
ironic .. giving advice on winning hockey, coming from a leafs fan, 1967
Ktownie city yeah one of the best teams in the league lmao. More of a Stanley cup threat than the wild have ever been. You’re just another old man stuck in the past
And now they've been bought out
It's like you say, Tree. The Wild are CLOSE, BUT NEVER CLOSE ENOUGH.
Minnesota hasn't won a big 4 championship since I've been alive. I am not like most people, however, and I appreciate every game of the season, so being mediocre and having a chance to win every time we play is not the Hell on Earth you described in my eyes.
Sign together, get bought out together
I was waiting for a Blackhawks video, but they suddenly got good again.
Love the documentary style video. Nice change up that allows you to work in your scathing insults in a natural way. Keep it up!
Thank you for taking my idea on twitter!
And there they go again, out of the playoffs
Now Ryan suter pulled a 1993 Minnesota north stars and left Minnesota for Dallas
This is a little more subdued then your other videos. I kind of like the tone of this one though. I actually think you enjoy the hockey videos the best. It shows! I get the feeling that you can easily sympathize with the thought process of the general managers in this situation. I feel that you can appreciate the risk they took. Unfortunately for the wild, it didn't pan out for them. Terrific professional distance without sounding like a hack. I think you stumbled onto something truly artistic in your voice here. Please keep up the good work. I'm not even a hard hawk hockey fan and even I enjoy this.
Wow. I mean...wow. This was exceptionally well put together, UT. Very well done. And I'm not even a little bit the hockey fan.
"Close, but never close enough." History of Minnesota professional sports summed up in one line.
Back here after the Wild bought them out
Since baseball season is round the corner, I think a Seattle Mariners legacy of video is well needed
Is it just me, or does this video seem more sympathetic than usual. Like, this felt more like a documentary rather than a rant. I'm just not used to this.....But I liked it.
Who's here after the buyout today?
This literally came to my recommended after i saw the buyout news on Instagram…
Please do more vids like this! Also as a Leafs fan, I hope the Wild win a cup some day. Their fans deserve it.
THANK YOU
They will. Eventually
Props to the Sonny music, UTree! Never thought I'd hear it here!
They killed the team for a decade with that move. They're only now after nearly a decade crawling out of that hole.....and STILL not a single Stanley Cup for the MN wild after 20 years.
Can you do something similar about the Washington Wizards? They seem similar
Back after the Wild just bought these contracts out
I just now realized this video has Elder Scrolls ambient music playing in the background 🤣
I gotta praise the story telling of this one. I am far from a hockey fan but it is quite a tragic tale of a team trying to do its best only to be cursed in the end.
What's the music in the background around 7 minutes to 9 minutes? PLEASE IT SOUNDS SO NICE
July 13, 2021. The end has come as both are bought out.
You should do a video on the Flyers as well! Now that Chuck Fletcher is in Philly I am hopeful he doesn't undo what Hextall and Lombardi have patiently built, just to put his signature on the team/roster.
9 years later and now the team has to deal with 14 million in dead cap just to buy out Parise and Suter, gonna have to carry that weight Minnesota
And then Minnesota got Kaprizov, Fiala, and Talbot. They just need that superstar D-man and they can go over the top
Issue is: They’re in a minefield of mistakes. They’re gonna have to give up their 1st and possibly 2nd this year or next year for Seattle to take Rask. They’re gonna have to sign these players, and thanks to the $15M into Suter and Parise + Zucc’s contract, they may lose an important piece. They aren’t good enough to get by the likes of Colorado or Vegas
@@sawyertuide7636 First off the Wild have 2 1st round picks this year thanks to the Zucker deal so it wouldnt be too bad to give Seattle a 1st. Second why would they even give up a pick for them to take Rask? The worst that could happen is they take Dumba and his $6M cap hit and im not expecting nearly as many deals with Seattle to protect players because of how badly that backfired for teams that did that with Vegas. If Minnesota can play things right im conifident they can build a legit contending team even with Parises contract
@@JP-qm9up Dumba is an important piece on the defense, though, and Suter won’t waive his NMC. 2021 is weak, and you got that JR pick from the Pens. You guys have a decent prospect pool, which you shouldn’t give up any of them cuz we know how that went the last time, and 2022 is a much better draft. I think giving up your 1st 2 picks for SEA to take Rask is your best bet.
@@sawyertuide7636 Theyll probably end up doing something like that, however I think theyd be ok letting Dumba go since they have other dmen such as Spurgeon Suter Brodin and even Addison, and then using that freed up cap space to address other needs. We'll see what they do though
Minnesota sports is so damn cursed. Vikings so close to going to a super bowl having a bright future and miss the playoffs. Timberwolves expected to be contenders with all stars then the Butler drama and now they suck again. Wild supposed to be good and now they suck. Twins made the playoffs two years ago and they had a terrible year last year.
Vikings go one of 2 directions,win early,lose late,vice versa,it's unbelievable,even the T-Wolves,bad timing,it looks good then the bottom falls out,that is terrible!!!
Well that was unexpected! Good video!
Bro not only are you gut bustingly funny but youve multiplied my sports history knowledge 10 fold👍👌👍👌
thanks youtube, i get to laugh at probably the best moment to recommend this
May we now remember the wild today.
Oh how I've been waiting for this
Tree, as much as I love your shit posting this video essay style is amazing. Please do more of these. Incredible work.
Thanks man. I just felt like a change of pace was the right way to go. Freshen things up. This "style" won't be a conversion but I may do a few vids in this way in the future.
Weird how this popped up now
There's also the fact that Suter's dad died in 2014 (one of the members of the Miracle on Ice national team), which probably threw him off mentally.
Tree stop uploading so much I can't handle this
As a wild fan this is the most true video I have ever watched and nobody wanted to believe me when I said signing those 2 for 13 years for that much money was a terrible idea. We don’t have any cap room to sign good free agents and we’re not bad enough to get a high lottery pick. Great video
Hey UrinatingT I was wondering you could give us your thoughts on the new football league that debuted this past Saturday and Sunday the AAF (Alliance of American Football) ? Give us your thoughts about the rules, players, coaches, team names etc. in your typically amazing way.
Logos look like a ripoff. I'll stick to flag football myself but possibly worth a look. I just like how it encourages kids to be active and not 300+ pounds crushing their heads and high on painkillers/CTE. The joes beat the flag guarding pros lol that is the illegal stiffarm. Go fighting cancer 😊 even got boozer and Nate Robinson so there's sports diversity, even lacrosse players.
Just...just let me live, Tree. God, these Minnesota teams hurt my heart.
Same😭
Parise eventually went to the Islanders while Suter ironically went to Dallas.
Hey UTree, is it time for a new video or give it 4 seasons for part 2?
Just after nine years, and they're bought out on the same day