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Originally Posted by Poe969
I think the roster will look different next year. Backlund will be traded, Monahan will be #2C and Bennett will be #3C and Ryan #4C
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If I had to bet my life savings on a single guy to not be traded this year, it's Backlund. NTC for 1 more year, he's simply not waiving it with a new(ish) baby during a pandemic.
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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Why do we keep trying to trade Ryan? All he does is make our team better. He helped regain Lucic’s confidence back, got Dube on another level in his game. It was because of Ryan that the Lucic - Bennett - Dube line already had 2/3 members clicking, all Bennett needed to do now was play his game. And he did, and we saw a dominant line. That was because of Ryan. He also made the 4th line a decent thing to watch when we’d ice freaking Rinaldo with him.
If anyone in the top 9 goes now next season, it would be nice to just have Ryan slot right in. He’s our new Swiss Army knife needed when an injury or player falters.
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I agree to a point that Ryan helped Lucic and Dubé, but it's a little odd to give the credit for our best line in the playoffs to the guy who was removed from it...