Suter isn't being used in an offensive role for the Predators, given that Timonen, Zidlicky and Weber all have such great offensive instincts. Suter is being used more as a shutdown\stay at home guy, a role he's really excelled at, this year. He plays some second unit PP minutes, but mostly he's on the first PK unit. He still makes the occasional mistakes you expect from a young defenseman(takes the wrong man, leaves the backdoor open, tries to play the puck when he should play the body, etc) but overall, his improvement from last year to this year is pretty remarkable.