Suter 2 years for 8 million total

[TheJackBurton]

Fantastic! Like this a lot. Wonder if we could move 1-2 of Tex, Joseph, Sunny.

Army and Steen love them some Sunny, doubt he is going anywhere.

[STL fan in MN]

What do people see in this 28 y/o C with not great FO% listed at 5'11 174lb?

Not criticizing, genuinely curious as to how he fits. Career year last year but otherwise I wouldn't say he's got great 3rd line numbers.

Bjugstad and Suter for 2 years in the bottom-6. Schenn maintains 2C? Dvo to the wing?

Suter is far from a perfect player but he has some nice attributes. He’s not big, he’s not fast, he’s not physical and he’s so-so on the dot. But he has fantastic defensive metrics and is very good on the PK. And he’s surprisingly good 5 on 5. Very high goals per minutes played rate. Basically, he’s not the most talented player out there but he’s very very smart. Thrives on his hockey sense.

For $4M/year, you take the warts. Solid 3C for sure.

[MiamiLaw]

Fantastic! Like this a lot. Wonder if we could move 1-2 of Tex, Joseph, Sunny.

Army and Steen love them some Sunny, doubt he is going anywhere.

Monty loves Sunny too. Dude was getting powerplay time!

[Corban84]

Love the term and the ufa price seems fair. Roster is coming together nicely.

[ShakeyWalton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZukda6-U1g


Link to all his 25 goals last year, including a sweet SHG against us at home.

He also had 3 empty netters last season. Maybe he can help ice down some games.

Love the signing!

[STL fan in MN]

Fantastic! Like this a lot. Wonder if we could move 1-2 of Tex, Joseph, Sunny.

I’d try to move Texier or Joseph before Sunny. Sunny is a right-shot and can play RW. I’d have no issue with Sunny, Bjugstad, Torpo and Walker battling it out throughout the season on which 3 of the 4 get into the lineup each night. Would keep them all fresh and hungry.

Then keep one of Tex/Joseph as the 14th forward and try to get rid of the other one. Maybe SJ needs more help getting to the cap floor.

[zamadoo]

What do people see in this 28 y/o C with not great FO% listed at 5'11 174lb?

Not criticizing, genuinely curious as to how he fits. Career year last year but otherwise I wouldn't say he's got great 3rd line numbers.

Bjugstad and Suter for 2 years in the bottom-6. Schenn maintains 2C? Dvo to the wing?

Suter is far from a perfect player but he has some nice attributes. He’s not big, he’s not fast, he’s not physical and he’s so-so on the dot. But he has fantastic defensive metrics and is very good on the PK. And he’s surprisingly good 5 on 5. Very high goals per minutes played rate. Basically, he’s not the most talented player out there but he’s very very smart. Thrives on his hockey sense.

For $4M/year, you take the warts. Solid 3C for sure.

Thanks. Makes more sense now.

[leedog68]

Takes the Faksa spot on the PK. Does make signing Bjugstad seem a little strange.

You might see some of the two of them on the third line with Sunny on the 4C. He plays more like Faksa than either of them.

[Bubble4427]

Omg lol I thought you meant Ryan and I almost spontaneously combusted.

PIUS Suter. Yes, good deal.

Sorry I wasn’t more elaborate……..I didn’t even think about Ryan….
Funny that it happened though…..

[BluesBirdsBuds]

Our team face off percentage is going to be awful

[skilles]

Awesome, I'm pretty surprised by that term.

Prices so far way less than I expected.

[gpe13579]

An upgrade on the PK is huge.

They could not come back this year with the same pk staff they had last year. That was so abysmal last year something had to change.

[Zizzle1297]

i feel somewhat better now.

LW C RW
Neighbors Thomas Buch
Holloway Schenn Kyrou
Snuggy, Pius, Devo
Torpo, Nick B, Walker
sunny and Joseph

Trade Texier

[MiamiLaw]

Our team face off percentage is going to be awful

The Panthers (SC Winner) and Jets (Prez Winner) were 20 and 21 respectively in FO% this year. It isn't a necessity for success though winning key ones is obviously very important on a game to game basis.

[sdaltons]

Fantastic! Like this a lot. Wonder if we could move 1-2 of Tex, Joseph, Sunny.

I’d try to move Texier or Joseph before Sunny. Sunny is a right-shot and can play RW. I’d have no issue with Sunny, Bjugstad, Torpo and Walker battling it out throughout the season on which 3 of the 4 get into the lineup each night. Would keep them all fresh and hungry.

Then keep one of Tex/Joseph as the 14th forward and try to get rid of the other one. Maybe SJ needs more help getting to the cap floor.

Agree about moving one of the others first and I understand Sunny does bring some things to the table. Idk I just thought he seemed old and slow at times last year. I was starting to wonder if he'd be retiring soon and then I looked it up and he's 31.

But he loves being here and there is enough depth to give him some nights off, so sure, keep him around.

[britishblue]

i feel somewhat better now.

LW C RW
Neighbors Thomas Buch
Holloway Schenn Kyrou
Snuggy, Pius, Devo
Torpo, Nick B, Walker
sunny and Joseph

Trade Texier

No need to trade anyone yet.

Thats 15 forwards competing for 14 spots come training camp, which can only be a good thing.