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Originally Posted by devo22
I find it interesting that so many seem to be opposed to the fact that Ryan played for Peters. If anything, I'd be comfortable knowing that a guy with such a unique background like Ryan has been successful under our coach. This isn't a Bartkowski or even Chiasson situation with Gulutzan - Ryan has actually had two full and successful years under Peters.
Our bottom-six desperately have to improve. This is a guy that checks a lot of boxes and improves the team in several ways, but for some the glass just always has to be half empty I guess.
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This is what gets me the most. I agree a top line capable RW is nice to have, but it wasn't the top 6 that caused last year's problems. 4 of the top 6 had career years, Backlund was just off and Frolik had an off year with injury issues.
The bottom 6 completely #### the bed when it came to adding to the offense, excepting a few weeks in December the third line was productive. The fourth line couldn't shoot its way out of a wet paper bag.
Moves to get that high profile RW is flashy but doesn't solve the depth problem. Getting these mid-bottom 6 guys who are productive at the NHL level is critical to success. The Golden Knights just showed the entire league what a team of "2nd liners" can accomplish. The core is good, its shoring up the support staff that I see as the major failure last year and bringing in guys like Ryan are just the moves that need to happen.