MADISON, Wis. — The heated pool is already full for a 7 a.m. aerobics class with more than a dozen attendees, none of whom look younger than 70, when Ryan Suter walks by, offering a tour of the rehab facility that now occupies his summer mornings.



“Those are my new friends,” Suter jokes.



For the past six weeks, Suter has been a regular in the morning class and a favorite of the retirees in it who like to ask about his four children and life in the NHL. But on this Monday, Suter has a rehab graduation of sorts, no longer subjected to the water work as he progresses from a broken leg and ankle so severe that it’s typically only found in high-speed car accidents.



That injury suffered on a fluke play behind the net on the last day of March has left Suter — a man that’s always on the move — limited. He generally keeps so busy in the offseason that he jokes to teammates that his real offseason starts when training camp...