Jason MacIsaac
02-10-2004, 09:17 PM
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"We're going to certainly watch how he plays this year," Lamoriello said. "Whatever the decision is after the year will be his decision, not our decision.
"I don't know if he's ready or not. We really don't know if they're ready until they get in there and see what they can do. We didn't know that young Martin would be ready, we thought he had a chance. But we think that Zach's going to be quite a player."
Lamoriello said he does like everything about Parise, whose father, J.P. Parise, played for the North Stars and is director of hockey operations at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault.
"We will just have to wait and see how Zach plays the rest of the year, how he plays in the playoffs," Lamoriello said. "I just like everything about him. I think he's a player."
The Devils own the rights to Gophers winger Barry Tallackson.
"He has size and strength, and I think what he has to do is just get himself to compete every night the way he's capable of competing," Lamoriello said.
"We're going to certainly watch how he plays this year," Lamoriello said. "Whatever the decision is after the year will be his decision, not our decision.
"I don't know if he's ready or not. We really don't know if they're ready until they get in there and see what they can do. We didn't know that young Martin would be ready, we thought he had a chance. But we think that Zach's going to be quite a player."
Lamoriello said he does like everything about Parise, whose father, J.P. Parise, played for the North Stars and is director of hockey operations at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault.
"We will just have to wait and see how Zach plays the rest of the year, how he plays in the playoffs," Lamoriello said. "I just like everything about him. I think he's a player."
The Devils own the rights to Gophers winger Barry Tallackson.
"He has size and strength, and I think what he has to do is just get himself to compete every night the way he's capable of competing," Lamoriello said.