Ryan Suter is a long time NHL veteran who has spent nearly 16 years in the league as he is approaching 40 years of age within the next 3 years. Suter was brought into the NHL 7th overall in 2003 by the Nashville Predators, where he spent the first 7 seasons of his career.
Former NHL enforcer Jason Arnott spent 4 seasons with the Nashville Predators when Suter was with the team, and did not have nice words to say about his morale and well being with the club.
"All Suter would do is complain about how come he's not on the powerplay, how come he doesn't play enough why does Weber get more ice time then me I should be used more I'm not used enough it was all about what Suter wanted not the team. I also heard he was a huge distraction in the Minnesota Wild dressing room too. All he did was complain... he was a huge distraction.» -Jason Arnott