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Originally Posted by New Era
...The real annoying thing about this Ryan discussion is people refusing to acknowledge that, like Gulutzan with Brouwer, Peters played favorites with Ryan and gave him opportunity ahead of others. Peters played a 4th liner ahead of better players on the team, because Peters liked Ryan. Hurricane fans will tell you it was not earned ice time, it was given ice time, just like Brouwer got with Gulutzan...
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Your insane ramblings notwithstanding, you have made this claim a few times now, and I am honestly curious: which “better players” were being sidelined in favour of Derek Ryan in Carolina? Have you looked at their roster? It is not exactly a murderer’s row of NHL talent up front.
I suspect more likely that Ryan got a lot of ice time and played up the lineup because Coach Peters’s options were really limited.