Confirmed Signing with Link: [STL] D Ryan Suter signs with the Blues (1 year, $775k; +$2.225M in performance bonuses)

[hockeykicker]

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[Maurice of Orange]

7th defenseman Ryan Suter.

 

[aylib]

Like herpes, just won’t go away

 

[bh53]

Any clue what the performance bonuses are? If it's just like 10 games played this is a horrendous contract

 

[Chet Manley]

He must really love playing.

 

[Chainshot]

Like herpes, just won’t go away

And like herpes, a bunch of folks just keep paying for it.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

And like herpes, a bunch of folks just keep paying for it.

If HF offered awards for post of the day certainly this would have won the top prize.

 

[Brodeur]

Not sure where fits among that group, but Suter probably had limited options

LHD: Krug (6.5 mil) - Leddy (4 mil) - Joseph (950K) - Perunovich (1.15 mil) - Suter (.775K+) - Tucker (800K)

RHD: Parayko (6.5 mil) - Faulk (6.5 mil) - Kessel (800K)

 

[BlueDream]

Really makes zero sense from a Blues fan’s perspective.

All of us think there has to be another move or two coming, where at least one d-man is getting shipped out. We certainly hope it’s Krug but I’m not sure what to think yet.

 

[Mike Liut]

Ok, who’s taking Krug off our hands?

 

[ijuka]

CBA needs to do something about the cap circumvention with performance bonuses. Something like "10 games played" for 2mil extra or whatever it usually is isn't really how they're meant to be used, if you ask me. The main function there is not to reward performance, but rather to move a part of the cap to the following year, aka cap circumvention.

 

[BlueSeal]

Alright Stars fans, let's hear it: How good/bad is this guy on the blueline?

 

[mr figgles]

CBA needs to do something about the cap circumvention with performance bonuses. Something like "10 games played" for 2mil extra or whatever it usually is isn't really how they're meant to be used, if you ask me. The main function there is not to reward performance, but rather to move a part of the cap to the following year, aka cap circumvention.

When someone uses them on someone that isn’t clearly toast, you might see some movement on this.

 

[GordonGraham]

2 teams would rather pay him to not play for them rather than having him around and still manages to find a job

How much will he make this season for this contract +bonuses+Stars money and Wild money ?

Is it like 3M here 750K from stars and 5M from wild for 8.75M total

 

[DeathSniper]

A pylon could probably defend better than him. He does have a knack for getting away with cheap crosschecks a lot around his own net, and then pushing the opposing player onto his own goalie.

 

[Kcb12345]

Alright Stars fans, let's hear it: How good/bad is this guy on the blueline?

He can and will singlehandedly lose you games on some nights. Most nights he's just a guy you won't be happy about. He did a fine job at not being invisible during games this season though when reduced to a 3rd pairing role finally which worked out for a while until the conference finals where he was absolutely awful for the 2nd year in a row.

Overall he's okay as a 6th Dman. Seems unlikely he signed somewhere to be a healthy scratch though as he's not the type of guy to be okay with that so I'd expect him to play a lot.

He can't skate and isn't a high effort guy but he does love to throw some crosschecks in front of the net. Wild fans hate him with a passion too so that's always fun.

At this point in his career, most teams are better without him. I'm surprised there was a market for him honestly

 

[Double Dion]

Alright Stars fans, let's hear it: How good/bad is this guy on the blueline?

As a temporary fan of the Stars while they were playing the Oilers he's really bad. The stars had 4 defensemen for the playoffs that were NHL caliber. Granted, those 4 were all really good, but after them was a dumpster fire.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Suter must have a hell of an agent

 

[BlueSeal]

He can and will singlehandedly lose you games on some nights. Most nights he's just a guy you won't be happy about. He did a fine job at not being invisible during games this season though when reduced to a 3rd pairing role finally which worked out for a while until the conference finals where he was absolutely awful for the 2nd year in a row.

Overall he's okay as a 6th Dman. Seems unlikely he signed somewhere to be a healthy scratch though as he's not the type of guy to be okay with that so I'd expect him to play a lot.

He can't skate and isn't a high effort guy but he does love to throw some crosschecks in front of the net. Wild fans hate him with a passion too so that's always fun.

At this point in his career, most teams are better without him. I'm surprised there was a market for him honestly

As a temporary fan of the Stars while they were playing the Oilers he's really bad. The stars had 4 defensemen for the playoffs that were NHL caliber. Granted, those 4 were all really good, but after them was a dumpster fire.

Thank y'all very much!

 

[NYR94]

Suter, Burns, Perry, Fleury...the last remnants of that 2003 draft still hanging in there somehow.

 

[Chainshot]

Suter must have a hell of an agent

Or a lot of incriminating photos.

 

[Double Dion]

Suter, Burns, Perry, Fleury...the last remnants of that 2003 draft still hanging in there somehow.

Then you have an undrafted guy from 2001 in Giordano. I'd still sign him ahead of Suter.

 

[TD Charlie]

Saw the 775k and thought “eh, ok sure he’s a depth/emergency guy. That works”

Then i saw the bonuses. That contract is ass.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Ew, gross.

Don’t like this one bit. Bought out by two other teams…aren’t there reports he’s not good for the room?

We already had 5 LD on one-way contracts. Yuck.

 

[hockeykicker]

Suter must have a hell of an agent

agents name is neil sheehy and here are all his clients: