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NEWARK, N.J. AP) - The New Jersey Devils have reached an agreement with high-scoring left wing Denver Nuggets Jersey Zach Parise on a one-year-contract worth $6 million.In making the announcement late Friday, Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said the two sides were continuing to work toward a multiyear deal. The Cincinnati Reds Jersey Devils had filed for arbitration with Parise in June. He would have become an unrestricted free agent in 2012 had he not reached a new deal.Parise earned $5 million last season, a year in which he was limited to 13 games and three goals by a knee injury that required surgery. He had been the catalyst of the Devils' offense the previous four seasons, scoring 146 goals.Without Parise, the Devils struggled. A late flurry could not prevent New Jersey from missing the postseason for the first time since 1996.The Devils also hired a coach on Friday, adding Dave Barr as an assistant. He'll join Larry Robinson, Adam Oates, and Chris Terreri on Peter DeBoer's staff."Dave Barr has had a successful post-playing career for 16 years on many levels," Lamoriello said. Wholesale Nfl Jerseys "We Atlanta Falcons Jersey were fortunate to have him as a Golden State Warriors Jersey player in New Jersey for Washington Wizards Jersey two years, and look forward to have Customized Cincinnati Reds Jersey him joining us as a member of our coaching staff."Barr, 50, joins the Devils after spending two years Customized Dallas Stars Jersey as an assistant with Minnesota.A native of Toronto, Barr played in 103 games for New Jersey from 1991-93. He had 12 goals, 32 points and 93 penalty minutes. Barr appeared in five games during the 1993 Patrick Division semifinals vs. Pittsburgh, and played in 71 career postseason games overall.
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When the Senators selected defenseman Patrick Wiercioch in the second round of the 2008 entry draft, they knew he wouldn't be playing in the NHL for a while.That's likely still the case, just maybe not for the reasons they first believed.Eager to begin his pro Wholesale Mlb Jerseys career, Wiercioch left the University of Denver after two seasons, during which he scored 18 goals and 62 points in 75 games. While he wasn't ready to play in Ottawa, his first year in Binghamton didn't go as well as hoped.An offensively gifted, smooth skater, the 6-foot-4, 192-pounder played in 67 regular-season games Customized Chicago Cubs Jersey for the B-Sens, scoring four goals and 14 assists while registering the second-worst plus-minus minus-14) on the team. He was also relegated to a spot in the press box for eight of the team's 23 playoff games.Wiercioch did get eight games other teammates didn't, however -- the eight he played in Ottawa after the Senators started their midseason rebuild. He had Team USA Jersey two assists during the span with the big team, where he decided that the NHL was an offensive, controlled Boston Celtics Jersey style that fit his game Wholesale Nfl Jerseys more than the AHL did.Wiercioch's plan is to add 10-15 pounds in the summer and take a strong run at full-time NHL employment come September. But he'll have to have an exceptionally strong training camp if he is Customized Atlanta Thrashers Jersey to move ahead of fellow prospects David Rundblad and Jared Cowen on the depth chart.More likely, Wiercioch will be back in Binghamton, where he'll be asked to assume a large, offensive role from the team's blue line.
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While I never really liked the Detroit Pistons of the past decade that included such players as Rasheed Wallace(notes), Ben Wallace(notes), Richard
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