Ryan is a good player, quite under rated. But New Era is not wrong. If you push him off the roster you've probably got one hell of a good team on your hands.
I really hope the Flames aren't in a position where they need to extend him after this contract though. To me it means they either didn't load the top 6 up enough and/or haven't graduated enough home grown guys to fill out the bottom of the roster. I mean, if he comes back on a league min contract as depth fine, but he really shouldn't have to be here on another $3 million ~ contract or IMO the Flames haven't done enough things right.
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