Ryan Suter joins the list of Active NHL players at age 40

[WarriorofTime]

Happy birthday to Ryan Suter as of today, January 21st. Guy who was part of the great Draft 2003 Draft Class, a consistent Top 10 defenseman in his prime, one time Norris Trophy runnerup, 2X U.S. Olympian and even today, still a guy that's out there in 48/48 of his team's games to date.

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[rynryn]

booo

 

[Mr Kot]

pooo

 

[aylib]

Certified ahole, no?

 

[EazyE1]

i dont like people from wisconsin

 

[Hall of Faber]

Hot take, he is much more deserving of his number being retired in Minny than Koivu. Disclaimer: Imo neither should.

 

[Treb]

From the 2003 draft, Fleury joined in November and Burns and Perry will join in March and May respectively.

Crazy that even with a draft of that quality, only 4 of them will probably make it.

 

[winnipegger]

As a man around 40 myself, holy f*** well done. My foot hurt today and there is literally no reason it just hurts.

 

[the valiant effort]

The JAGiest JAG that ever JAGed

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Imagine buying out Suter and then signing DUMB f*** BA

 

[Stive Morgan]

As a man around 40 myself, holy f*** well done. My foot hurt today and there is literally no reason it just hurts.

I'm only 27 and I'm already feeling so broken down and exhausted. I can't even imagine what being a 40-year-old pro athlete after 1500 NHL games must feel like lol

 

[vipera1960]

They’re still putting him out there, but I wouldn’t call it “active.”

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Anybody else have cap hits on 3 different teams right now?

 

[TheOrganist]

He’s been a pleasant surprise for the Blues. Definitely still serviceable as a 3rd pair, PKer.

 

[MNRube]

He’s a dick but had a hell of a career. Doing it for 2 decades is insane.

 

[mab894]

He's been pretty good for the Blues tbh. Solid veteran 3rd pairing guy

 

[FDBluth]

Couldn't have happened to a guy with a nicer dad.

 

[vipera1960]

Anybody else have cap hits on 3 different teams right now?

Pretty sure that’s an all-time record

 

[Toby91ca]

From the 2003 draft, Fleury joined in November and Burns and Perry will join in March and May respectively.

Crazy that even with a draft of that quality, only 4 of them will probably make it.

Well…if 4 guys from one draft year play into their 40s that would actually be a crazy high percentage. I think the average would be less than one.

 

[Ghetty Green]

As a man around 40 myself, holy f*** well done. My foot hurt today and there is literally no reason it just hurts.

As a 42 year old, it only gets worse pal. Like this morning, I pulled my back muscle just THINKING about getting out of bed

 

[jetsforever]

Huh, didn't know he was that old
Great career

 

[JianYang]

As a man around 40 myself, holy f*** well done. My foot hurt today and there is literally no reason it just hurts.

30 feels bad because of the number. 40 is when you actually FEEL old.

 

[shello]

Forgot he was even in the league. Good for him, him and Weber were elite back in the day

 

[Greatzsky 99]

I'm only 27 and I'm already feeling so broken down and exhausted. I can't even imagine what being a 40-year-old pro athlete after 1500 NHL games must feel like lol

Jagr enters the room...
I tried to check,I got the number that Jagr has played 762 games after turning 40... and counting, seems like he had an assist the last couple of days.
But Suters stats is still a big achivement

 

[BlueDream]

They’re still putting him out there, but I wouldn’t call it “active.”

Whatever you want to try to convince yourself, I guess.

Obviously he’s no longer in his prime but he’s pretty damn solid on the 3rd pair. No complaints from Blues fans.