Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Tom Powers column.(Column)

(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Saint Paul Pioneer Press - Minnesota)

Byline: Tom Powers

The Wild have cleared room under the salary cap. They've opened roster space. Now it's time to deliver.

Zach Parise? Ryan Suter? Well, they'll try. But it would take a miracle, especially to land Parise. No one should hold it against the Wild if those two decide to sign with a team that has a better chance of winning. More important is what Chuck Fletcher and Co. come up with after that. And they need to do something.

Besides, they promised. All the talk about clearing cap space was tantamount to an IOU issued to the public. After all, it's not as if …