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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
This is a great question. Especially with Janko and Bennett once again vying for the 3rd line center role. Is Tre comfortable gambling the season on one of these two anchoring an effective 3rd line? Or does he look to trade for a top 6 center like O'Reilly, or sign one via UFA, like Tavares, Stastny...or more realistically a guy like Bozak?
Personally, if our center depth going into next season is:
Monahan
Backlund
Jankowski
Bennett
I will not not be filled to the brim with confidence, that's for sure.
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The more I look at it the more I think we see Derek Ryan here.
RH center who is pretty good in the faceoff dot (56.5%), was 7th in ice time among forwards in Carolina, and the coach would be very familiar with how he plays.
Probably a guy that could also play RW on the 3rd line if they needed, so fills that RH faceoff guy they wanted, and could probably play wing if you wanted to give Bennett another chance at center.
Made $1.425 last year on a 1 year deal. Likely doesn't command much more than $2.5-3M on a 2-3 year contract.