Injury Report: Ryan Suter (Lower-Body Injury, Out for Season)

[TaLoN]

Apparently Ryan Suter feels good enough to play already...

 

[57special]

I would have been really pissed if Suter played. reminds me of Parise playing in the summer two years ago, then missing extended time during the season.
All he needs to do is show up to honor the occasion...not play.

 

[TaLoN]

He didn't, so no concern. I'm just happy to hear that he's already good to go for camp next month.

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Juuuuuust a bit anxiety-inducing to see this thread bumped with the old title - especially given that Zetterberg (for one) is already expected to miss 18-19 with injury (as reported today).

 

[TaLoN]

Juuuuuust a bit anxiety-inducing to see this thread bumped with the old title - especially given that Zetterberg (for one) is already expected to miss 18-19 with injury (as reported today).

Yeah, the title should be changed with the new news... that Suter says he's good to go!

 

[123TripleDoge]

Good news, although I'm still expecting a major setback because MN sports

 

[2Pair]

I would have been really pissed if Suter played. reminds me of Parise playing in the summer two years ago, then missing extended time during the season.
All he needs to do is show up to honor the occasion...not play.

Not even close to the same thing. It's probably for the best that he didn't skate, but taking a few laps in an exhibition to honor a friend, would've been quite harmless.

 

[TaLoN]

Bruce with Russo on KFAN said he saw Suter skating, doing stops and starts and said it looked like typical Ryan Suter. Also said that he heard he will be skating in the captain's practice tomorrow with everyone else.

He said Suter is not required to do the skating test to open camp, and may not play in any preseason games, but Suter said he may do the skating test anyway just to preemptively shut everyone up about whether his ankle is good to go for the season or not.

 

[DANOZ28]

i heard that but i feel he should take it slow.

 

[2Pair]

i heard that but i feel he should take it slow.

Hopefully Suter somehow sees your diagnosis in time.

 

[TaLoN]

Pretty sure Suter knows better than any of us on what he's capable of right now.

 

[57special]

Sometimes. Athletes are often wrong about diagnosing themselves, though. A guy like Suter, who never gets hurt... just saying it doesn't hurt to have a 2nd, and 3rd, opinion.

Most competitors want to get back out there, ready or not.

 

[2Pair]

Sometimes. Athletes are often wrong about diagnosing themselves, though. A guy like Suter, who never gets hurt... just saying it doesn't hurt to have a 2nd, and 3rd, opinion.

Most competitors want to get back out there, ready or not.

Just an assumption, but I bet he has talked to a doctor about it.

 

[TaLoN]

Sometimes. Athletes are often wrong about diagnosing themselves, though. A guy like Suter, who never gets hurt... just saying it doesn't hurt to have a 2nd, and 3rd, opinion.

Most competitors want to get back out there, ready or not.

We're talking about being cleared to skate, something he's already doing from the sounds of it. He wouldn't be skating at all right now if a doctor said he couldn't.

This isn't a situation like Coyle not telling anyone he's injured until after the season. The Wild and all medical staff have been in the know every step of the way.

 

[Victorious Secret]

Hopefully our coach is actually ballsy enough to hold his players accountable to a minutes limit now.

 

[2Pair]

Hopefully our coach is actually ballsy enough to hold his players accountable to a minutes limit now.

Such a terrible take. Better players get more icetime, it isn't a mystery.

 

[DANOZ28]

why? how often have we seen our team run outta gas going into the playoffs? how often did we see parise comeback only to not make it through a full season? guess you forgot.

 

[57special]

Yeah, it's now or never as far as keeping Suter under 25 minutes per game. 24 would be better. He's an excellent Dman, but when he is rested he is top 5, to me. Has all kinds of jump that he doesn't normally have.

Suter 24m
Dumba 24m
Spurgeon 23m
Brodin 23m
Seeler 17m
Pateryn 17m

Result. Maybe a win or two less during the regular season...mebbe not. A tired Suter is still better than a rested Seeler. However, Suter, our best player, goes into the post season with a bit of spring in his step, instead of making like Sisyphus.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

not cool bumping this thread title. JFC......new to the internet?

:rantover:

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Yeah, it's now or never as far as keeping Suter under 25 minutes per game. 24 would be better. He's an excellent Dman, but when he is rested he is top 5, to me. Has all kinds of jump that he doesn't normally have.

Suter 24m
Dumba 24m
Spurgeon 23m
Brodin 23m
Seeler 17m
Pateryn 17m

Result. Maybe a win or two less during the regular season...mebbe not. A tired Suter is still better than a rested Seeler. However, Suter, our best player, goes into the post season with a bit of spring in his step, instead of making like Sisyphus.

Your math is slightly off. Seeler/Pateryn would be playing 13 minutes with the top 4 playing theirs.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I'd try to lock Suter/Spurgeon in at 25 minutes. However much Brodin/Dumba plays would be heavily dependent on how much Seeler/Pateryn can be trusted to play, so probably somewhere in the 20-23 minute range.

 

[57special]

I want Dumba to play more.

Your math is slightly off. Seeler/Pateryn would be playing 13 minutes with the top 4 playing theirs.

oops.

My main point is that Suter has to play less. If nothing else, it should prolong his career, and allow him to give us higher quality minutes.

Dumba seems to be a workhorse. Let's work him.

Make Brodin, Seeler, Pateryn take the lion's share of PK, sprinkling in spurgeon and suter(maybe I'm optimistic, here)

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I want Dumba to play more.

oops.

Mu main point is that Suter has to play less. If nothing else, it should prolong his career, and allow him to give us higher quality minutes.

Dumba seems to be a workhorse. Let's work him.

Make Brodin, Seeler, Pateryn take the lion's share of PK.

I'm cool with that, as long as they're good at it.

 

[2Pair]

Where's the sense in wanting your best and most durable Dman to play less, just so your less talented and more injury prone players can play more? Suter has more than proven he can handle the minutes that he has been given.

 

[Wild11MN]

Where's the sense in wanting your best and most durable Dman to play less, just so your less talented and more injury prone players can play more? Suter has more than proven he can handle the minutes that he has been given.

Some people believe Suter plays better when given fewer minutes. I don't see it that way, and it doesn't make a ton of sense to me, unless the argument is that he plays worse only in the back half of the third period.