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"I don't know if you've ever had nerve pain, but it doesn't feel very good," said Parise. "It's been really scary, some of the things that I was feeling. There was a lot of pain and just some of the things that were happening, it was a little eye-opening." He is hoping to avoid offseason back surgery with therapy and rehab. Parise believes he has made positive progress with that path so far and feels like he'll be training normally by midsummer. He still wants to play for the United States in the World Cup of Hockey in September.

Parise totaled 25 goals and 28 assists in 70 games, giving him his lowest point total since the lockout-shortened 2012-'13 campaign. He owned a 49.7 Corsi For Percentage and 1.3 Relative Corsi For Percentage at Even Strength, both of which were career-low marks.