Looking at this weekends comments a little differently now..

by TN-Stick on Jan 30, 2012 2:32 PM EST

I was almost certain Suter wanted to leave and was all for trading him. After thinking about the comments that Ryan Suter made for a couple of days and reading many, many articles, I've came to the conclusion that those comments may very well end up helping us in the long run. I read an article by Paul McCann a few moments ago and he made an interesting point that kind of slipped my mind. It almost seems as if all of the media attention in a big market, Ottawa, made Suter seem very uncomfortable. I've always figured Suter to be the kind of player that likes being somewhat private in the media, after this weekend and the way his comments grew legs and apparently booked a ticket out of Nashville I think he learned a valuable lesson. That it may be nice to have the exposure & media popularity in a big market but they will twist and turn your words and make your life unnecessarily complicated. Think that Suter got a small taste of what he is supposedly after (Bright Lights, Big Cities, & "Greener Grass"), I dont believe that he enjoyed it too much either. My two cents is that the National Media that we are not accustomed to down here in Nashville may have rubbed ol Sutes the wrong way & possibly done us a favor by making him appreciate what he has down here and make him realize the grass may not be greener before he supposedly jumps ship. Certainly would be funny if after making those comments he did indeed sign before Feb. 27th, we'd have the Canadian & National media to thank for that IMO. Thoughts? Make any sense to anyone?

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Interesting viewpoint. I’m sure some of the players like that aspect of Nashville.

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by cisar on Jan 30, 2012 3:19 PM EST reply actions

That combined with this article (courtesy of Codey@303)

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/allen/story/2012-01-30/nhl-ryan-suter-talks/52889106/1

Really shows what he’s after. The question is answered, and he wants to stay – if we can make the run and not just stay a mid-cap team.

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by DonBorvio on Jan 30, 2012 3:33 PM EST reply actions

That’s actually a pretty decent article, outside of the kind of stupid sentences already pointed out in the other post (the cap-spending and Ruutu stuff).

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by davisca on Jan 30, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions

That is a really interesting point.

I hadn’t thought about that either, but the irritating national media stuff certainly sounds like something that Suter doesn’t like. He already seems really frustrated and annoyed with having to restate everything over and over, not to mention if he goes somewhere with big-media for the long term…

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by davisca on Jan 30, 2012 9:05 PM EST reply actions

It may very well..

work to our advantage. He seemed irritated having a camera in his face so often, much less being asked those annoying questions on top of it.

by TN-Stick on Jan 30, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions

I think Suter's unwillingness to accept a market value contract now...

Makes him even more of a trade possibility. I really like having Ryan in Nashville but his position would give me negative mojo as a GM. Ryan should get $7M a year and I think the Preds will offer it – if he doesn’t feel comfortable with that let’s move on and get some value for him when his value is at it’s highest.

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by eamus-catuli on Jan 30, 2012 11:02 PM EST reply actions

…..but it isn’t really a money problem? That’s what Suter has basically said, and we have subsequently established, yes? It has nothing to do with money. It has everything to do with whether or not Poile will take the initiative to add key players to the line-up. He and Weber have BOTH directly said that.

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by davisca on Jan 30, 2012 11:11 PM EST up reply actions

Rental

I said it in another post, but thought I’d throw it here as well. Ryan wants to see a commitment from the team to win. The Preds are on a ROLL now. Would a rental player do the trick for him, and maybe even Weber? It’d show that the ownership sees the potential for a long run, and is willing to do whatever it takes to get there NOW. We have a lot of talent in prospects on D, and possibly even goal. Just a thought.

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by Evanbio on Feb 1, 2012 7:48 AM EST reply actions