This is a fantastic deal. Better than I could have hoped for. I assumed there was a good chance he would be offered like 2.5x3 or something and so we would have to offer at least 2.3.
1.8 with no risk on term is just tidy tidy work. Love what we're building here.
Blueger is a fantastic bottom 6 center. Wins tons (and I mean tons) of battles. Is a serious puck hound. Really good defensive IQ. And for those who say 'zero offense' that's not even true. He's not a creator, but put him with smart offensive players (like Garland and Joshua) and he will provide smart touches to give them the puck in space, so he's an underrated facilitator. Has a pretty good and paralyzing backhand move where he opens the goalie up and slides it five hole on breakaways.
I could see them moving on from Suter 1.6 million and targeting Chandler Stevenson. Having Blueger is a great insurance policy if they aren't able to upgrade.
They identified last year they they wanted a stronger 3c so I think they stick to that
I really don't see us trading Suter. He's a swiss army knife whom you can play anywhere and he makes 1.6. If we dealt him, we would just be looking for a worse and more expensive version of him.
If he's essential to a deal to land a bigger fish like Nikolaj Ehlers (hypothetically) then I could see it, but we're not going to be looking to get rid of him by any stretch.
