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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
You were pretty adamant all last year that Brouwer was a perfectly fine 4th liner and it was only his salary that was the problem, no?
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And I stand by that opinion. But this forward group is significantly deeper this year, and I am not convinced that Ryan's ceiling here is on the fourth line. It's a long season and I will be pretty shocked if he does not spend a good amount of time in the top-nine. Unlike last season I do not see the same issue of Ryan moving up and down the lineup like there was with Brouwer.
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I want to wait and evaluate Ryan after more than 3 games before I say he is exponentially better than anyone. The Flames still aren’t getting secondary scoring yet.
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Well, he skates really well and is excellent on face-offs. Those factors on their own without any offensive contributions makes Ryan a monumentally better option than both Brouwer and Stajan.