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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I wonder if Athanasiou would sign an 800k contract. Seems like he has too much pride IMO. But if we could keep Ryan and use him on the bottom line, ryan could baby sit him defensively and we could just let him run the puck up the ice and score his ~15 goals.
I have been against signing him in the past but if he's willing to accept a slightly above minimum contract it would be an excellent snag. The key here is that we need to keep a solid defensive presence on the line with him or he probably ends up costing the team more goals than he will score.
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He ain’t scoring 15 from the 4th line. Maybe if he’s included on the pp, but speed isn’t really a powerplay asset.
If a guy with his wheels ever learned defence he’d be a very useful player. The fact he hasn’t gotten that by now is a red flag for other aspects of the game.