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 Kr55
Messages: 10169
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| oilfan94 wrote on Wed, 28 July 2021 16:36 |
I like this signing. He had a down year last year and is a little older, but I've been a fan of his incredibly unorthodox path to the NHL, an undrafted American that played for U of A after juniors, then worked his way up through a couple European leagues before getting his NHL shot. I had a few friends who are Flames fans that really liked him.
Weird that it was for 2 years, would have thought he could only get a one year deal at this point.
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I think this is a much better version of the Turris signing. Ryan at least works hard and can play defense. His history suggests you can actually give him some tough ice time now and then and he doesn't just helplessly drown like guys in our bottom 6 always do. The cap hit is right, and adding a veteran C to our bottom 6 was an absolute must. McDavid still will probably need to take the bulk of the tough competition ice time, but Ryan is probably better than anyone we've had to fill that role in a pinch. The kind of situations that we saw Khaira getting scored on within 10 seconds of a faceoff in our end.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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