Richer's Ghost
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I find that so fascinating. I mean, it fully makes sense that players are as obsessed with their equipment as any of the rest of us would be, but such a simple thing seems to have given Ryder a kick in the ass that he needed.
Whatever keeps him going works for me! He looks better at this stage than he did at nearly any point last year, save for that stretch where he was constantly scoring for a good month.
He claimed none of those skates felt comfortable or let him cut/turn the way he was used to. He would keep falling down and taking himself out of the play so he kept changing skates and changing the way he played. That's pretty drastic when you can't play the way you want to - and the way you've had success.
But now he's got that figured out and hopefully his A game is back for good.