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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
I really like this signing.
When Tkachuk went down against Dallas we ended up moving Reider up the line up. I liked Reider on the 4th line as a PK guy but he was really out of place playing in the top 6.
Now we have a guy who was playing with Crosby and Guentzel who we could plug into a top line.
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The Penguins thought he wasn't worth qualifying at 800K. If he was a valid top-6 replacement then they really missed a great deal.
Rieder playing top-6 high-lights the over payment of Ryan. Rieder was a better top-6 option as Ryan was needed to generate offense from 4C?