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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The Ryan signing is not popular because:
The Flames did so well in the Hamilton/Ferland for Lindholm/Hanifin trade adding 2 cor players.
The Flames having huge cap space were expected to add another core player and Ryan has never been a core player, he is 31 years old and has not been a NHL playoff game.
He wasn't a guy that would be mentioned in the Canes pre-game write up as someone to pay attention to.
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I never expected the Flames to add a top level or core player UFA merely cause the fact we are not a top tier free agent destination. When you are on the lower tier of cities for players to want to choose as a place to sign, it’s expected that we wouldn’t be signing anyone who is an actual top six player.