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by Paul on 09/04/08 at 08:43 PM ET
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“I try to work my whole career to become a guy that has a reputation, as a person and what kind of player I am. I felt that I had gotten there, and when something like this happens, no matter what it is — whether it’s just business, whether it’s personal, we don’t really know — once the label ‘buyout’ is on you, then the questions start coming,” Parrish said.
“I worked my butt off for this, and now I have to put up with this crap. It’s irritating, but that’s the business.”
-Mark Parrish who is looking for a team to play with. More on Parrish from John Shipley of the Pioneer Press.
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I worked my butt off for this, and now I have to put up with this crap.
Oh boo-friggin’-hoo. Over $900K a year for six years is a pretty princely sum to ‘put up with’ most anything.
I wonder if any of the stat super-freaks have data on the percentage of bought out players with/without current work?
I just have a hard time believing Parrish’s reputation is/was all that great if he can’t catch on somewhere for the league minimum. At the very least I’d think a couple of his talent-poor former teams would show interest despite the alleged ‘stigma’ of the buyout. Can’t he even get a tryout?
Posted by shep from california on 09/05/08 at 12:21 AM ET
Darcy Tucker was bought out, wasn’t he? And Todd Bertuzzi? They got jobs again.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 09/05/08 at 12:32 AM ET
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he should have worked his butt off to score goals, and worried less about his reputation.
Posted by jeff from korea on 09/04/08 at 11:37 PM ET