id do this or the original offer in a heartbeat...and im a huge tanger fan. getting sid a bonafide goal scoring winger whos 22 and only getting better...*shudders*. hell...make that 2nd a 1st to sweeten the deal.
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defense takes a step back but with guys like strait, despres on their way and lovejoy holding down the fort in WBS i'll sacrifice a little defensive depth for a potential stud like bobby ryan. my only concern would be how much of a raise does ryan get when hes an RFA.
I didn't say he wasn't skilled, but you're wearing some funny colored glasses if you really think he's close to Ryan in that department.
I agree if you're saying that Bobby Ryan is the better hockey player and that Letang's value isn't anywhere near Ryan's. But debating their skills is a different argument. I don't think there's a huge difference in skill between the two.
Bobby Ryan isn't just a fancy skill player. I see him as a big guy that works hard and has some good skills too.
Bobby Ryan just has the mental part of the game down and is much more consistent than Letang and that's what makes Ryan > Letang because that's where the biggest difference between those two is imo, not skill.
Letang has tons of skill. The Kostitsyn brothers have tons of skill. It takes more than skill. Ryan has the rest and Letang doesn't, not consistently anyway.
I agree if you're saying that Bobby Ryan is the better hockey player and that Letang's value isn't anywhere near Ryan's. But debating their skills is a different argument. I don't think there's a huge difference in skill between the two.
Bobby Ryan isn't just a fancy skill player. I see him as a big guy that works hard and has some good skills too.
Bobby Ryan just has the mental part of the game down and is much more consistent than Letang and that's what makes Ryan > Letang because that's where the biggest difference between those two is imo, not skill.
Letang has tons of skill. The Kostitsyn brothers have tons of skill. It takes more than skill. Ryan has the rest and Letang doesn't, not consistently anyway.
Letang might be a bit flashier with the puck than Ryan, but being able to use your size effectively is also a skill. Hockey IQ is also a skill. Ryan is a very skilled player, and in my opinion, is measurably better in almost all aspects of the game than Letang.
Obviously this is all overlooking the fact we're comparing a defensemen to a forward, but it's difficult for me to say player X is as skilled as player Y despite the fact that player Y is the more effective player.
Not that big of a difference between Letang and Whitney anymore.
Letang 1G 6A 7Pts +2
Whitney 1G 6A 7Pts +5
No need for Kunitz to be added since their pretty even. I like Whitney slightly more offensively and Letang more defensively.
I don't want Whitney back though. His level of softness drove me crazy. I remember a game last season when Eric Staal pushed Whitney on the helmet. Whitney went down and stayed down like he'd been shot while Eric Staal skated wide open to the front of the net and scored the game winning goal. I don't really miss stuff like that.
Letang's inconsistency and hesitation will drive you nuts too though.
I don't understand all the ryan/perry trade threads recently..Anaheim is a struggling team that has 3 unreal young forwards, why would they want to split them up? In a couple years when these guys start entering their prime, and Anaheims got some nice players in their system, the ducks are going to look really good.
I don't understand all the ryan/perry trade threads recently..Anaheim is a struggling team that has 3 unreal young forwards, why would they want to split them up? In a couple years when these guys start entering their prime, and Anaheims got some nice players in their system, the ducks are going to look really good.
I think the idea is that the Ducks need to upgrade their D. Obviously they're not going to do that at the cost of 1 of their big 3 (Perry, Getzlaf & Ryan) But that won't stop people from making proposals for them. What other Ducks forward would you make a proposal for anyway? Parros
Ryan>Letang... and its not close at all.
