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Originally Posted by ComixZone
You’re off on Brouwer.
Brouwer has long been an anchor, and the signing was thrashed from the moment it was rumoured to be happening and it has played out exactly that way.
Ryan is a good hockey player, and earned ice time.
Brouwer is a bad hockey player, and was given ice time for absolutely no reason.
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The concern is that it's a virtual certainty that Ryan's best days are behind him. I understand that people are saying he doesn't have a lot of miles on him, but let's not act like he suddenly started playing hockey at 27.
He turns 32 in December and this is typically the age when players start falling off the map. If you sign him, you should be under the assumption that he won't be as good this season as he was last season.
To me, anything more than 2 years at 1.5 AAV is too much.
This is the kind of player that loses all benefit to the team when you pay him too much.