Zach Parise baffled by dump and chase: 'It’s so hard to get it, why would you give it away?'

It's a possession game - Zach Parise gets it. 

The handsomely-paid Minnesota Wild veteran winger did some eye-opening reading over the summer months, and is now denouncing a universal tactic that has withstood the test of time.

"I read a study this summer that showed shots generated off carrying the puck in as opposed to dumping it in, and it’s like 4-to-1. It’s not even close," Parise said via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "I just found it so interesting because everyone’s like, ‘forecheck, forecheck, forecheck.’

"I get it, but you dump the puck, you have to get it back. All you’re doing is giving the puck away. I mean, it’s so hard to get it, why would you give it away?"

Even the athletes are listening to the nerds.