[Signing] Jets sign Adam Lowry to extension (5 yrs, $3.25 mil AAV)

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

After last night's game how good would Lowry look as a Flame for the same cap hit as Ryan.

Jankowski once scored 4 in a game. Point being, don’t be one of those guys who drools after players because they have a good game against your team. This is a huge outlier year for Lowry, and he’s not going to get better. This is the very first year he’s ever outproduced Derek Ryan, who, after his first NHL season, has 29+ points every single year until now.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Nah, Lowry's a very good player in his role as a bottom 6 forward. He can even chip in as a top 6 forward when called upon. He does lots of the little things teams need to win. This was a pretty high value signing when it happened, and it will likely stay that way over the term.

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Jankowski once scored 4 in a game. Point being, don’t be one of those guys who drools after players because they have a good game against your team. This is a huge outlier year for Lowry, and he’s not going to get better. This is the very first year he’s ever outproduced Derek Ryan, who, after his first NHL season, has 29+ points every single year until now.

Yep Lowry has played 456 NHL games and likely has less than 10% of his ice time against 3rd and 4th line players.

Ryan in his 340 NHL games likely has likely had less than 10% of his ice time against 1st and 2nd line players.

If you want a valid comparison then pick Backlund who plays against the other teams best players like Lowry. Backlund with his 30-40 5 on 5 pts has out produced Lowry by a fair bit... Not so much this year.

The Flames have the 32 year old Backlund locked up for the next 3 years at 5.35 M ... 2 M a year more for his scoring. Lowry will be 33 at the end of his contract.

Backlund is never going to stand up to Ryan Reaves as Lowry has so there is that.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Yep Lowry has played 456 NHL games and likely has less than 10% of his ice time against 3rd and 4th line players.

Ryan in his 340 NHL games likely has likely had less than 10% of his ice time against 1st and 2nd line players.

If you want a valid comparison then pick Backlund who plays against the other teams best players like Lowry. Backlund with his 30-40 5 on 5 pts has out produced Lowry by a fair bit... Not so much this year.

The Flames have the 32 year old Backlund locked up for the next 3 years at 5.35 M ... 2 M a year more for his scoring. Lowry will be 33 at the end of his contract.

Backlund is never going to stand up to Ryan Reaves as Lowry has so there is that.

So are you now comparing Lowry to Backlund? Backlund also has vastly outscored Lowry, just like Ryan.

I like Lowry but both Ryan and Backlund are bad comparisons.

[PegCityFlamesFan]

I just knew someone would bump this thread and I was cringing after seeing who it was.