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Originally Posted by GullFoss
Three things that make no sense:
1) Derek Ryan on third line
2) Derek Ryan with 3 minutes of PP time
3) Derek Ryan contract
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Most of the team struggled tonight.
Rittich, Bennett, Backlund and a few others were good but overall we were sloppy and making passes to players that instantly had a guy on them.
Bad team play ultimately cost us again..
But yea I agree with you and felt unsure about Ryan from the get go.
I knew nothing about him so was willing to wait and see but so far I'm not a fan.
It's becoming obvious to me the only reason he got around 40pts is because, as Canes fans warned, Peters likes to overplay him.
He should be a 4th line face off specialist who plays on the PK.
Instead he's been playing mostly with Neal and getting plumb PP time.
Bennett and/or Andersson would be better choices on PP2.
As much as I love Treliving I have always been a bit weary of his work in Free Agency.
Raymond, Brouwer, Engelland and Ryan I hated all of them instantly..
I changed my mind fairly quickly with Engelland but the rest were either a hinderance to the organization or in Ryan's case, to be fair it's too early to tell but it's not looking great so far.
Neal I'm willing to give more time because I at least notice him out there using his size and overall skill. He's still struggling to turn that into anything useful offensively but I think the biggest issue is finding the right guy up the middle for him and Bennett, that guy isn't Ryan IMO.
I don't know where he fits in the lineup outside of being strong in FO's.
Defiantly disappointed with the early returns on that contract.