Player Discussion Bobby Ryan Part VI

[TheBradyBunch]

By keeping Ryan, we're gonna lose 7.5M of other players though. So it's not like there's no return on dumping that contract.

We're at about 58M with 19 skaters signed. Mark Stone should get at least 6M next year, so that alone takes us up to 64. Ceci probably up to 68. I say 6M to be ultra conservative and prove the point that if our budget is in a similar range to the last few seasons, we're already tapped out.

If we end up trading Karlsson, Hoffman, and a few others without getting back NHLers, then that obviously changes things.

Is that a real salary figure? I thought we were at ~60.5 with MacArthur (19 contracts) and ~55.7 without him (18 contracts) in terms of cap hit. Real salary would be about 59mil, not including MacArthur (and all previous figures include Phaneuf retention).

That's my math, anyways.

 

[Micklebot]

I think Bobby should just suck it up, how uncomfortable can the extra protective gloves really be? I think he'd be 100x more effective if he played with gloves that were a bit uncomfortable but he was otherwise healthy vs playing with broken fingers and being useless. He's great when his hands don't hurt, it's just that when he has a broken finger, he might as well just sit out and heal properly since he's not that effective at that time anyway.

I don't think it was a comfort issue, as much as an inability to feel the puck making him significantly less effective.

 

[Stylizer1]

So Ryan actually moved to be closer to a hockey rink at his off season home in Idaho. Used to take him 4+hours to drive to the closest rink. He says that this off season he was on the ice 5 days a week and has trained hard than ever before.

So I guess the question is does he break 30 points this season?

Not sure even if training is going to help his give-a-shit-o-meter improve.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

I think he surprises everyone and gets 50 points.

 

[DJB]

So Ryan actually moved to be closer to a hockey rink at his off season home in Idaho. Used to take him 4+hours to drive to the closest rink. He says that this off season he was on the ice 5 days a week and has trained hard than ever before.

So I guess the question is does he break 30 points this season?

Not sure even if training is going to help his give-a-****-o-meter improve.

I'LL reserve judgment until I see him on the ice but I'm not convinced .

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

So Ryan actually moved to be closer to a hockey rink at his off season home in Idaho. Used to take him 4+hours to drive to the closest rink. He says that this off season he was on the ice 5 days a week and has trained hard than ever before.

So I guess the question is does he break 30 points this season?

Not sure even if training is going to help his give-a-****-o-meter improve.

The bar has been set understandably low.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

So Ryan actually moved to be closer to a hockey rink at his off season home in Idaho. Used to take him 4+hours to drive to the closest rink. He says that this off season he was on the ice 5 days a week and has trained hard than ever before.

So I guess the question is does he break 30 points this season?

Not sure even if training is going to help his give-a-****-o-meter improve.

Why would anyone choose to live in Idaho? Does he really hate people that much?

Edit: one of my co workers is telling me this is a thing for current and former NHLers. Like Brett Hull and Grezky lived there? What? Is this a Jesus thing?

 

[coladin]

I think he surprises everyone and gets 50 points.

That would be sweet. Who knows, with emotional reflection he may be better able to cope with crisis of confidence. He had a really good start last year, followed by yet another injury.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Oh yeah, this guy is still here.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Why would anyone choose to live in Idaho? Does he really hate people that much?

Edit: one of my co workers is telling me this is a thing for current and former NHLers. Like Brett Hull and Grezky lived there? What? Is this a Jesus thing?

Its actually a very beautiful place, I would never live there though.

 

[BankStreetParade]

Ryan's only problem is being injury-prone. Although I suppose if your expectations are that he'll go back to being a 30+ goal, 70+ point player then you will always be disappointed with him.

 

[branch]

Watch him get traded and put up a 25g 30a season with the new team just to spite Ottawa.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Its actually a very beautiful place, I would never live there though.

Yeah, it's got amazing national parks and the Rockies. I'd love to go camping there for a week but I could never imagine living there. Why not just buy some sick ranch in Northern Cali, Washington or Oregon and be near civilization? He's got the funds.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Yeah, it's got amazing national parks and the Rockies. I'd love to go camping there for a week but I could never imagine living there. Why not just buy some sick ranch in Northern Cali, Washington or Oregon and be near civilization? He's got the funds.

Too liberal for this right winger.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

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