from Michael Russo of the StarTribune,

Game 11 was Feb. 9 against his old Nashville Predators. Suter assisted on both goals, including Devin Setoguchi’s overtime winner, and ever since, not only has Suter taken off, so has the Wild. The Wild is 11-5-1 since, and leads the Northwest Division heading into Monday night’s clash with the Canucks.

In those 17 games, Suter has 19 points and is plus-4. He not only leads the Wild with 23 points in 27 games (Jared Spurgeon led Wild defensemen with 23 points in 70 games last season), Suter is second among all NHL defensemen in both points and assists (21)....

Suter leads the league in average ice time per game (27 minutes, 16 seconds). And by catapulting to legitimate Norris Trophy contender status he has shown exactly why Parise aligned himself with Suter during last summer’s free-agent frenzy.

“He’s been unbelievable,” said Parise, who leads the Wild with 11 goals. “He’s really gone to another level the way he’s controlling the game and controlling the play — and producing offensively, that’s just a bonus for us. I mean, he plays 30 minutes a night. It’s pretty impressive.”

Suter, who spent his entire career in Nashville, admits he was “just overwhelmed” the first couple of weeks.

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