Stars buying out Suter with 1 year left on deal
The Dallas Stars are buying out the final year of Ryan Suter's contract, the team announced Friday.
The buyout will go as follows, per PuckPedia.
| Season | Initial cap hit | Buyout cap hit |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $3.65M | $783K |
| 2025-26 | N/A | $1.43M |
The Stars signed Suter to a four-year, $14.6-million contract as an unrestricted free agent in 2021.
The final four years of his previous contract - a 13-year, $98-million deal - was also bought out. Suter joins Tony DeAngelo are the only two players in NHL history to be bought out twice.
The 39-year-old recorded two goals and 15 assists while averaging 18:56 per contest in 2023-24. He added four more points in 19 postseason appearances.
While the offense from Suter's game is mostly gone, he still posted solid defensive metrics last season.
Ryan Suter, bought out by DAL, is a low-event veteran defenceman. Results were really not bad this season but puck skills and foot speed have pretty much eroded. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/j2ldo8C9c0
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) June 27, 2024
Suter's best trait is arguably his durability. He's played 453 consecutive games - the second-longest ironman streak among active players - and hasn't missed more than five games in a season since 2010-11.