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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
For the record, I don’t think it’s a bad thing to sign productive, good players like Ryan. We do need to improve the bottom six.
I do however fear our coach will overuse him as he did in the past, and Ryan will get significantly more money than we’re comfortable with for a 4C.
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Why did Coach Peters "overuse" Ryan? Could it be because he had limited options in his lineup? While in Carolina Ryan played behind Jordan Staal and Elias Lindholm, and ahead of Victor Rask. In Calgary he will be behind Sean Monahan, Michael Backlund and Elias Lindholm on the depth chart, and likely ahead of Jankowski, Bennett and Lazar. I suspect that with more options up front Peters will be less likely to push Ryan up the lineup.