Nashville Predators' Ryan Suter looking for long-term deal while keeping family in mind -NHL Update
Ryan Suter’s four-year deal, worth $14 million, has finally come to an end with the Nashville Predators and come July 1, 2012, the 27-year-old defenseman will be looking for something long-term and secure whilst keeping his family and their future in mind.
Does that mean that Suter will not be coming back next year as a Predator? For now, Suter does not have the answer to that but will hopefully decide in the upcoming weeks about whether he is to stay in Nashville, where his career kicked off, or if he is
looking towards a fresh start somewhere else.
"Wherever I sign, I want to be there for the rest of my career," Suter said, "and that affects my family, my wife, my kid, if we have more kids … everything plays into it."
Being an All-Star defenseman, Suter should not have trouble signing with basically any teams he wants, but that is not the only benefit he is looking for.
Nashville Predators’ general manager, David Poile, has been known to be someone that always backs Suter when it comes to these types of situations as the defender played a major role in getting them past the quarterfinal series for the first time in franchise
history back in 2011.
Suter contributed to doing it again this year but were shockingly eliminated by the Phoenix Coyotes.
"This morning I had a meeting with David and we talked about everything and the future, and how everything will go," Suter said. "I think we're going to meet again in a couple of weeks and kind of make a decision."
Not staying in Nashville will definitely not limit his options as a number of teams have been expressing their desires of bringing the hot defenseman on board. It is believed that the Detroit Red Wings are also focusing on replenishing their defensive line-up
with a number of players going into retirement soon.
"Your emotions are so high throughout the year, and you try not to have any distractions, and you're so focused," Suter added.
Whatever Ryan Suter will be signing to, it can be expected that it will be huge in every aspect regarding length and salary.
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