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Originally Posted by ricardodw
A reality check is required for Ryan's worth to a playoff team.
He was on a playoff team 9 months ago and was not anything that you are now giving him credit for. Rieder who was also a UFA available for a 6th round pick had a much stronger playoff performance on the Flames 4th line.
Nordstrom has a better playoff record in his last 2 years with the Bruins 26 games than Ryan.
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Ryan certainly wasn't great in last year's playoffs for sure. Though they put all the talent in the top nine and didn't give him a lot to work with.
He's certainly getting by without much talent this year.
But an actual reality check?
Flames forwards in the three years where Ryan as been in Calgary (1000+ minutes)
CA60 - 1st
SA60 - 1st
GA60 - 1st
xGA60 - 2nd
SCA60 - 1st
HDCA60 - 2nd
Very good defensive forward, elite defensively maybe. And certainly something playoff teams could use. This with a much larger sample size than your simple summary.
Expected goals against against all forwards in the league in his three years in Calgary? 24th out of 386 players.