Ryan Suter was the Seventh Overall Pick in 2003, and the native of Wisconsin elected to stay in his home state, playing for the University of Wisconsin for a full year before he signed with the team that drafted him, the Nashville Predators.
Suter joined the Predators during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, which meant he spent his entire first pro season in the AHL but was primed for the elite level in 2005-06. In 2007-08, Suter scored 31 Points, beginning a five-year run with Nashville where he cracked that mark. In two of those seasons, Suter eclipsed the 40-Point threshold, with a 46-Point year in 2011-12, where he was eighth for the Norris. As it would turn out, this was Suter's high-water mark with Nashville.
Suter signed with Minnesota as a Free Agent in the 2012 off-season, and while his numbers with Nashville (238 Points) were good, Suter had a better run with the Wild.
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