The amount of fans who are upset with this is super confusing.
Only thing to possibly worry about with this contract is that he doesn't repeat his numbers from last season.
If he does, this contract will look excellent. Elite possession player, elite scoring chance rates, elite faceoff ability, and he should be good for 30-35 points.
If Ryan had 3-4 years of this type of play prior to being UFA, his contract would've easily been $4M+ and no one would've batted an eye.
We just upgraded our bottom 6/top 9 significantly and at potentially a good price.
Even if he ends up being a 25pt player with excellent possession stats and faceoff numbers, $3.125M will still be a decent cap hit.
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