"He's ramping up his training right now at home in Minnesota, with an eye on returning for that 19th season," Johnston said Thursday on Insider Trading. "And I think where this gets interesting is that the Islanders have kept the door open to Zach Parise. They wanted to bring him back for a third season this year. But in the meantime here, you've got other teams, and some teams with a legitimate chance of winning the Stanley Cup, that have entered the picture and expressed some interest in him.
"And so, when he does get to the point where he's ready to return, ready to sign a contract, Zach Parise is going to have a decision to make, and that's to try to go to a team, maybe, that he thinks has the best chance to win the Cup, or to stay loyal to the Islanders."
