Ask anyone NHL fan which player they would realistically trade for on the Ducks this time of year. The answer would be Bobby Ryan.
Bobby Ryan was the Anaheim Ducks' top goal scorer this year, picking up 35 goals and 64 points (not quite the expected production out of him but it's forgiveable.) finishing the the NHL season as the 10th best goal scorer and 45th in overall production.
That kind of player is without question someone the Ducks will need to have in their lineup.
Early attempts at contract extension talks failed as Ryan (or his agent/ or both) were not satisfied with the offers. Then both sides agreed to put talks off until this offseason so that Ryan could focus on his playing. But in interviews Ryan stated that he does want to remain in Anaheim and his first goal in the offseason is getting resigned.
“This is my home," said Ryan, who is due to be a restricted free agent. "I spend my summers here. I love being here and don’t want to be anywhere else. There will be some time still before we get to negotiations and talking. The dust will settle here and we’ll go from there. Anaheim is without a doubt a unanimous No. 1 for me.” (from Anaheimducks.com)
Ryan is looking to get as much money as he can because he knows he will be looked at hard by other NHL teams. But it is almost a guarantee that he will make no more than 5.325 million dollars (the same salary as Getzlaf/Perry) since such a salary will cause Perry and Getzlaf to underperform.
That means Ryan has an unofficial draft day deadline to come to terms with the Ducks organization.
The reason behind this comes from a situation that may still be fresh in Duck fan's minds. Dustin Penner back in the offseason of the 06-07 year, refused Anaheim's contract extension offer and was signed by Edmonton to an offer sheet. In return Anaheim got the 1st, 2cd, and 3rd picks in the following year's draft.
If he cannot be signed it leaves 3 options.
1.)Trade him alone or in a package for a Left Winger better or with similar talent.
Although that is very difficult to do, since the only players of that caliber are pretty much impossible to pry from their respective teams.
2.) Let him pull a Penner
If we do this we have no way of knowing what position draft picks we will get. A team like Washington could give him an offer sheet and then we're stuck with some terrible draft picks.
3.) Use him to move up in this year's draft.
Option one is the best if we can find a team to trade with, but this is a much better option than option 2, because this way we can know what kind of pick we get, hell maybe one of the top 3 teams will bite (at the risk of our other two picks.) But if Ryan doesn't get signed come draft day, option 2 is the only option left, and we're screwed (unless we trade his rights but our return won't be as high as it would be at the draft).
This is all hypothetical of course. But lots of Ducks fans are dead set on the notion that Ryan is staying. I wouldn't fully expect him to leave, but I wouldn't fully expect him to stay either. As much as I want him to.
Hopefully both sides can come to an agreement soon and we can stop worrying about losing such a key member to the organization now and in the future. In the meantime we wait. Hope he doesn't keep us waiting too long.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Ducks-Blackhawks 4-2
Who saw that one coming?
Few would put money on the Ducks to beat San Jose, few would put money on them to beat Chicago. But to beat both? The economy is a bit too troubled these days to risk money on such crazy ventures.
But the Ducks did it. They stepped up in both games (like they should have been doing all along) and beat the two best teams in the Western Conference to, in a sense give themselves a chance to pull off what a couple days ago was almost impossible (0.4% chance to make the playoffs).
The Ducks played the Chicago Blackhawks last night on St. Patrick's day (also Bobby Ryan's birthday). Playing what could have been the most essential game on the schedule.
And they rose to the occasion once again.
The win came without Anaheim's top line center, Ryan Getzlaf, who, unlike Selanne, was not cleared to play. But, as required at this time of year, the Ducks stepped up their game and gave a winning effort.
Bobby Ryan scored two goals that night (30, 31) making it back to back 30 goal seasons for the young scorer. Only two other Ducks have that distinction and they are widely considered the team's all time best forwards (Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya). He is also the first Duck to get back to back 30 goal seasons in a player's rookie and sophomore year.
Teemu Selanne did not reach number 600 (though not for lack of trying) but he will get another opprotunity to do so friday vs. the Islanders. In the meantime, Todd Marchant picked up a shorthanded goal on a broken play by the Blackhawks powerplay. Then Saku Koivu scored the eventual game winner, with Bobby Ryan putting the puck in the empty net in the final minute of the game. Hiller made 38 saves in another stellar performance.
The game wasn’t all smiles. In the third period James Wisniewski laid a vicious high hit on Brent Seabrook that left him dazed and caused him to collapse and left him injured. It was the second time a vicious hit took out a Blackhawks player (Ovechkin on Campbell) from the line up.
Wisniewski now faces a potential suspension for the his since Ovechkin who laid a similar hit received a two game suspension. Wisniewski also fought with former teammate Nik Boyton.
The Ducks will go on to play the New York Islanders on Friday, one of the “easier” games ahead of the schedule. The remaining games will not be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but these two wins certainly will not do anything to hurt their confidence (just a reminder the 3 games up ahead we cannot lose are vs. Calgary, St. Louis, and Dallas not even an OT).
Top performers:
Jonas Hiller 38 saves,
Bobby Ryan 2 goals
Koivu GWG
Few would put money on the Ducks to beat San Jose, few would put money on them to beat Chicago. But to beat both? The economy is a bit too troubled these days to risk money on such crazy ventures.
But the Ducks did it. They stepped up in both games (like they should have been doing all along) and beat the two best teams in the Western Conference to, in a sense give themselves a chance to pull off what a couple days ago was almost impossible (0.4% chance to make the playoffs).
The Ducks played the Chicago Blackhawks last night on St. Patrick's day (also Bobby Ryan's birthday). Playing what could have been the most essential game on the schedule.
And they rose to the occasion once again.
The win came without Anaheim's top line center, Ryan Getzlaf, who, unlike Selanne, was not cleared to play. But, as required at this time of year, the Ducks stepped up their game and gave a winning effort.
Bobby Ryan scored two goals that night (30, 31) making it back to back 30 goal seasons for the young scorer. Only two other Ducks have that distinction and they are widely considered the team's all time best forwards (Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya). He is also the first Duck to get back to back 30 goal seasons in a player's rookie and sophomore year.
Teemu Selanne did not reach number 600 (though not for lack of trying) but he will get another opprotunity to do so friday vs. the Islanders. In the meantime, Todd Marchant picked up a shorthanded goal on a broken play by the Blackhawks powerplay. Then Saku Koivu scored the eventual game winner, with Bobby Ryan putting the puck in the empty net in the final minute of the game. Hiller made 38 saves in another stellar performance.
The game wasn’t all smiles. In the third period James Wisniewski laid a vicious high hit on Brent Seabrook that left him dazed and caused him to collapse and left him injured. It was the second time a vicious hit took out a Blackhawks player (Ovechkin on Campbell) from the line up.
Wisniewski now faces a potential suspension for the his since Ovechkin who laid a similar hit received a two game suspension. Wisniewski also fought with former teammate Nik Boyton.
The Ducks will go on to play the New York Islanders on Friday, one of the “easier” games ahead of the schedule. The remaining games will not be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but these two wins certainly will not do anything to hurt their confidence (just a reminder the 3 games up ahead we cannot lose are vs. Calgary, St. Louis, and Dallas not even an OT).
Top performers:
Jonas Hiller 38 saves,
Bobby Ryan 2 goals
Koivu GWG
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